Newmont Corporation (NYSE: NEM, TSX: NGT, ASX: NEM, PNGX: NEM) (together with its affiliates, " Newmont " or the " Company ") announced today that Newcrest Canada Holdings Inc. (the " Vendor "), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Newmont, sold all 14,674,056 common shares of Azucar Minerals Ltd. (" Azucar ") held by the Vendor to Almadex Minerals Ltd. (" Almadex ") and certain directors and officers of Azucar (collectively with Almadex, the " Purchasers "), for an aggregate purchase price of $220,110.84, being $0.015 per share (the " Transaction "). The Transaction was completed pursuant to a share purchase agreement among the Vendor and the Purchasers dated as of October 21, 2024 (the " Share Purchase Agreement ").
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Binding 200kt Toll Milling Agreement Executed with FMR Investments
Horizon Minerals Limited (ASX: HRZ) (“Horizon” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding Toll Milling Agreement (“TMA”) with FMR Investments Pty Ltd (“FMR”) to treat 200kt of Horizon ore from the Cannon underground project, or other deposit, commencing in the December 2024 Quarter.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Binding TMA has been executed with FMR, which owns the Greenfields Mill located northeast of Coolgardie and 30km southwest of Kalgoorlie-Boulder in WA
- Horizon will arrange contract mining and hauling of ore from Cannon for ore processing at FMR’s 1.0Mtpa Greenfields Mill, located ~67km by road from the Cannon Project
- An agreed 200kt of ore will be processed over a period of eight months, commencing in the December 2024 Quarter
- The TMA contains competitive ore treatment rates with the payment structure as follows:
- Horizon is responsible for delivery of each stockpile to the Greenfields Mill ROM near Coolgardie
- Payment of processing costs must be made before the value of the processed and refined gold at the Perth Mint is transferred from FMR’s metal account to Horizon
- If the delivery schedule is missed Horizon will forfeit its allocated tonnes for that month and from the overall 200kt allocation
- An Ore Reserve for Cannon has already been established including forecast economics for the ore to be processed via a Toll Milling Agreement 1
- Cannon is fully environmentally permitted (with last mining in 2017) with pre-production activities are already underway, including dewatering of the open pit in preparation for underground mining
- The TMA has flexibility that Horizon can treat Horizon ore other than Cannon, including Horizon’s own current resources or those acquired through the proposed merger with Greenstone Resources Limited, provided sufficient notice is provided to FMR
Commenting on the toll milling agreement, Chief Executive Officer Mr Grant Haywood said: 2
“We are very pleased to have converted our 200,000 tonne allocation with FMR into a formal Toll Milling Agreement, and look forward to working closely with them as ore deliveries will commence later this calendar year. This agreement is in addition to our 1.4Mt ore sale agreement with Paddington announced a week ago. Together this will see us generating cash flow from two fronts in this fantastic gold price environment before the end of 2024.”
Figure 1: Horizon’s project locations, regional geology and surrounding infrastructure
Next Steps 1
- AMC Consultants has been engaged and undertaken a review of the Cannon Ore Reserve and will progress the revised key financial outcomes for the June 2024 Quarter
- Finalise engagement with underground mining and haulage contractors to finalise tenders for Cannon
- Complete the proposed merger with Greenstone Resources to enhance the long-term production profile with development ready high-grade projects
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Horizon Minerals’ near-term cash-flow potential and its significant land package in the prolific Western Australian goldfields with considerable exploration upside position the company to positively leverage the current bull gold market opportunity.
Overview
Horizon Minerals (ASX:HRZ) is an ASX-listed emerging mid-tier gold mining company focusing on a portfolio of highly promising gold projects located in the world-class Western Australian goldfields. The recent merger with Greenstone has added nearly 0.5 million ounces (Moz) of high-grade resource to Horizon, taking its total tally to 1.8 Moz, and resulted in Horizon Minerals total land package of 939 sq km in the Kalgoorlie-Coolgardie district.
The merger brings near-term cash-generating opportunities and adds greater scale to its baseload assets (Boorara) with the high-grade Burbanks deposit. Horizon’s dual-track strategy involves generating immediate cash flows by leveraging a pipeline of development-ready production assets and concurrently advancing the cornerstone assets, Boorara and Burbanks, which have a combined resource inventory of 914 koz at 1.7 grams per ton (g/t) gold with potential to support a profitable, long-life operation.
The recent ore sale agreement with Paddington Gold is encouraging and increases confidence in the management’s ability to generate near-term cash flows. Under the agreement, 1.4 million (Mt) will be processed over a period of 22 months. The agreement allows Horizon to capitalize on high gold prices to generate significant cash flows.
Horizon is also progressing with other projects, including the Cannon gold project and Penny’s Find underground mine, and actively exploring for new discoveries in the Western Australian Goldfields, targeting gold and other commodities such as nickel-cobalt, silver-zinc, PGEs and lithium across its extensive land holdings. Additionally, Horizon holds a significant stake in one of the world’s largest vanadium projects via its investment in Richmond Vanadium Technology, which is listed on the ASX.
Horizon proposes to acquire 100 percent of Poseidon via an all-scrip transaction for AU$30 million to consolidate 1.8Moz gold and highly strategic processing infrastructure for Horizon to transition to the next standalone WA gold producer. The acquisition will combine Horizon’s large gold resource and Poseidon’s Black Swan processing infrastructure in the Kalgoorlie-Coolgardie districts. The transaction will further result in substantial resource base and regional tenure to a combined JORC mineral resources of ~1.8Moz gold at an average grade of 1.84g/t gold and 422,700t nickel at an average grade of 1 percent nickel. Horizon and Poseidon will have a total of 1,309 sq. km. tenure in an attractive geological position in the WA Goldfields.
Horizon aims to become a sustainable, 100kozpa standalone producer following the merger and conversion and recommissioning of the Black Swan processing plant. The 2.2Mtpa processing facility is strategically located 40 km north of Kalgoorlie with a concentrator readily amenable to processing gold through cost-effective refurbishment and the addition of a new CIL circuit.
Horizon's 30Mt existing gold resources, with 50,000 metres of drilling fully funded to commence drilling in 2025 or 2026, strongly support the conversion of the Black Swan processing plant to a gold plant.
Company Highlights
- Horizon Minerals is an emerging mid-tier gold producer with an extensive portfolio of highly promising gold projects located in the world-class Western Australian goldfields.
- The recently announced merger with Greenstone Resources positions Horizon as a mid-tier gold producer in the Western Australian Goldfields. The combined entity enhanced Horizon’s portfolio with two complementary cornerstone gold assets — Burbanks and Boorara (combined resource of 914,000 oz).
- Mineral resource updates after the merger include 1.8Moz gold, 20.2Moz silver, 104kt zinc, 283kt nickel, 40.5kt cobalt and 296.2kt manganese.
- Changes to the gold MREs include:
- Addition of 297,650oz from Burbanks open pit
- Addition of 167,920oz from Burbanks underground
- Addition of 13,000oz from Pinner
- Addition of 3,000oz from Monument
- Reduction of 20,240oz from Boorara
- Open pit mining has commenced at the Boorara gold project on August 2024 and the first ore was exposed and mined in late September 2024.
- Horizon is also progressing with other projects, including the Cannon and Penny’s Find underground mines.
- Amidst the current record gold prices, Horizon seeks to capitalize on this opportunity by advancing its substantial resource endowment towards development, thereby generating cash flow.
Key Projects
Boorara Gold Project
The Boorara gold project is located 15 km east of Kalgoorlie-Boulder in the Western Australian goldfields. Over the past decade, a substantial amount of reverse circulation and diamond drilling has been carried out at Boorara. The project includes a JORC 2012 mineral resource estimate (MRE) by Optiro (now Snowden Optiro), which reported a total of 11.03 Mt grading at 1.26 g/t gold, amounting to 448,000 ounces.
The company views Boorara as a substantial baseload feed source that could be enhanced by lower tonnage, higher-grade feed to sustain a standalone milling facility. This is where the recent acquisition of Greenstone becomes important. Boorara can be supplemented by higher-grade feed from Greenstone’s Burbanks deposit to support an integrated operation.
The Independent JORC (2012) Ore Reserve for Boorara, completed by AMC Consultants, shows a financially viable project highlighted by an open pit mine design producing 1.24 Mt at a fully diluted grade of 1.24 g/t gold for 49.5 koz over an approximate 14-month mine life, and ore sale agreement at 92.5 percent metallurgical recovery produces 45.8 koz recovered.
Nimbus Silver-Zinc Project
The 100 percent owned Nimbus silver-zinc-lead-gold deposit is located 15 kilometres east of Kalgoorlie-Boulder in Western Australia within the Kalgoorlie Terrane. The project's current mineral resource estimate (JORC 2012) includes 12.1 million tons at 52 g/t silver, 0.2 g/t gold and 0.9 percent zinc containing 20.2 million oz of silver, 78,000 oz of gold and 104,000 tons of zinc using lower cut-off grades of 12 ppm for silver, 0.5 percent for zinc and 0.3 g/t for gold over a 2 metre down hole composite. Within this global resource, the Nimbus project has a high-grade silver and zinc resource of 255,898 tons at 773 g/t silver and 13 percent zinc.
A concept study has confirmed the optimal economic development pathway by mining the higher-grade lodes and generation of a silver/zinc concentrate. A programme of work (POW) has been approved and drilling to test the exploration target is expected to be undertaken in the first half of 2025. The Nimbus project is 2 km east of Horizon's cornerstone Boorara project and 6.5 km north-northwest of Golden Ridge, both historic gold mining centres.
Burbanks Gold Project
The Burbanks gold project is situated 9 km southeast of Coolgardie, Western Australia. The project encompasses the Burbanks Mining Centre and more than 5 kilometers of the highly promising Burbanks Shear Zone, historically the most significant gold-producing structure within the Coolgardie Goldfield. Previous underground production at Burbanks has surpassed 420,000 oz to date.
Burbanks currently hosts a total resource of 6.1 Mt @ 2.4 g/t gold for 466 koz, including underground of 1.2 Mt @ 4.4 g/t gold for 168 koz. Burbanks is underexplored and remains open in all directions for future growth.
Cannon Underground Project
The Cannon gold project is located 30 km east-southeast of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. It is a fully permitted project with a pre-feasibility study completed in 2022, which shows strong project economics with a free cash flow of AU$10.1 million over the mine's life. The company has finished commissioning a dewatering pipeline and a pumping system, representing a major milestone in the advancement of its Cannon Underground project. Discussions with mining contractors and potential JV mining partners are underway. First ore production from the Cannon Project is expected to commence in Q4 2024.
Penny’s Find
Penny’s Find is about 50 km northeast of Kalgoorlie in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia, near the company’s wholly-owned Kalpini gold project. It comprises a granted mining lease and other associated leases covering 91 hectares. The mineral resource estimate updated in December 2023 boasts 63,000 ounces of gold in the indicated and inferred category. A pre-feasibility study for exploitation using underground mining methods is currently underway. This study will include mine design and financial analysis.
Rose Hill
Rose Hill is 0.5 km southeast of Coolgardie and 35 km west of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, on the western edge of the Archean Norseman-Menzies Greenstone Belt. The current JORC 2012 resource at Rose Hill contains 93,300 oz , comprising an open-pit mineral resource of 0.3 Mt grading 2.0 g/t gold for 18,400 oz, and an underground mineral resource of 0.5 Mt grading 4.6 g/t gold for 74,900 oz. Nearly 70 percent of the resource is in the measured and indicated JORC categories.
Kalgoorlie Regional
Horizon owns several promising tenements within the Kalgoorlie region. These project areas include the greater Boorara-Cannon project area, Lakewood, Binduli-Teal project area, Kalpini, Balagundi-Kanowna South and Black Flag.
Coolgardie Regional
Horizon manages several promising tenements within the Coolgardie region, including Rose Hill, Brilliant North and Yarmany.
Management Team
Ashok Parekh – Non-executive Chairman
Ashok Parekh has over 33 years of experience advising mining companies and service providers in the mining industry. He has spent many years negotiating mining deals with publicly listed companies and prospectors, leading to new IPOs and the initiation of new gold mining operations. Additionally, he has been involved in managing gold mining and milling companies in the Kalgoorlie region, where he has served as managing director for some of these firms. Parekh is well-known in the West Australian mining industry and has a highly successful background in owning numerous businesses in the Goldfields. He was the executive chairman of ASX-listed A1 Consolidated Gold (ASX:AYC) from 2011 to 2014. He is a chartered accountant.
Warren Hallam - Non-executive Director
Warren Hallam is currently a non-executive director of St Barbara Limited and Poseidon Nickel Limited, and non-executive chairman of Kingfisher Mining Limited. Hallam has a built a strong track record over 35 years in operations, corporate and senior leadership roles across multiple commodities. This includes previous Managing Director roles at Metals X Limited, Millenium Metals Limited and Capricorn Metals Limited. Hallam is a metallurgist with a Master in Mineral Economics from Curtin University.
Chris Hansen – Non-executive Director
Chris Hansen is a multidisciplinary metals and mining professional, combining core technical fundamentals with a strong finance and project development mind-set. Having initially focused on building a solid technical foundation with industry majors such as Fortescue Metals Group and Barrick Gold, Hansen later joined a pre-eminent London-based mining private equity fund developing robust investment skills, project development expertise, market knowledge and strong industry relations. Since returning to Australia, Hansen has leveraged his experience in both public and private markets, most recently having led mining business development activities for one of Australia’s largest private investment groups. He holds a BSc in geology from the University of Auckland, and an MSc in Mineral Economics from Curtin University.
Grant Haywood – Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Grant Haywood brings over three decades of experience in both underground and open-cut mining operations. During his career, he has served in senior leadership capacities in various mining companies, guiding them from feasibility through to development and operations. His experience spans various roles within junior and multinational gold mining companies, predominantly in the Western Australian goldfields, including positions at Phoenix Gold, Saracen Mineral Holdings, and Gold Fields. He is a graduate of the Western Australian School of Mines (WASM) and has also earned a Masters in Mineral Economics from the same institution.
Julian Tambyrajah – Chief Financial Officer & Company Secretary
Julian Tambyrajah is an accomplished global mining finance executive with more than 25 years of industry expertise. He is a certified public accountant and chartered company secretary. He has served as CFO of several listed companies including Central Petroleum (CTP), Crescent Gold (CRE), Rusina Mining NL, DRDGold, and Dome Resources NL. He has extensive experience in capital raising, some of which includes raising US$49 million for BMC UK, AU$122 million for Crescent Gold and AU$105 million for Central Petroleum.
Glenn Poole – Chief Geologist
Glenn Poole is a geologist with 15 years’ experience in exploration and production environments, having principally worked within orogenic gold systems for several major mining companies in Western Australia. Poole brings extensive experience in structurally controlled narrow vein gold and sulphide-associated gold deposits. He has previously held senior management roles with major Australian gold producer, Northern Star, during which time, he played a pivotal role in the identification and definition of new ore resources and mining fronts at both the Paulsens and Kundana operations. Most recently, Poole was the senior geologist at Firefly Resources (ASX:FFR), principally responsible for setting exploration strategy and leading the definition of the maiden JORC 2012 resource at Yalgoo. Poole holds a Bachelor of Science Geology & Geography from The University of Otago, and a Master of Business Administration from La Trobe University.
Leigh Goehring: Gold's "Massive Bull Market" Just Starting; Uranium and Copper Outlook
Leigh Goehring, managing partner at Goehring & Rozencwajg, shared his outlook for gold, outlining calculations that show the yellow metal potentially rising to the US$15,000 to US$25,000 per ounce range in this cycle.
"We're a believer that we have just entered into a massive bull market in gold, and the underlying fundamental reasons are the fact that over the last 15 years, ever since the global financial crisis, we've printed so much money," he said.
Goehring said that in a May 2000 interview with Forbes Magazine, he predicted the yellow metal could rise as high as US$2,500 — a call that was considered "outrageous" given gold's price of US$250 at the time.
However, over the next 10 years, gold ran to US$1,900 before pulling back.
"Even thought US$2,500, my target price, wasn't reached, it got awfully darn close," he told the Investing News Network. "So that shows you that there is some validity to the way we looked at gold prices relative to money."
It's using that same methodology that he gets a US$15,000 to US$25,000 gold price. "Everyone says, 'Oh, that's crazy, how can that be?' But it's the same valuation technique that I used back in May 2000," Goehring explained.
With that in mind, he believes gold price dips should be bought, and said gold stocks are "radically undervalued."
Goehring also shared his thoughts on what's next for silver and uranium, and touched on his contrarian outlook for copper, suggesting that demand expectations from the renewable energy sector are overblown.
Watch the interview above for more on those topics and others.
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Significant Exploration Target for Golden Ridge, NE Tasmania
Flynn Gold Limited (ASX: FG1, “Flynn” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce a maiden JORC compliant Exploration Target for the Trafalgar, Brilliant and Link Zone prospects at its 100%-owned Golden Ridge Project in North-east Tasmania.
Highlights
- Maiden Exploration Target estimated for the Trafalgar, Brilliant and Link Zone prospects at FG1’s 100%-owned Golden Ridge Project
- The estimated range of potential mineralisation for the Exploration Target* is:
- 3.5 to 5.4 million tonnes grading at 3.0g/t Au to 4.0g/t Au for 449,000oz to 520,000oz of contained gold
*The size and grade of the Exploration Target is conceptual in nature and therefore is an approximation. There has been insufficient exploration to estimate a Mineral Resource and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the estimation of a Mineral Resource. The Exploration Target has been prepared and reported in accordance with the 2012 edition of the JORC Code.
- 3.5 to 5.4 million tonnes grading at 3.0g/t Au to 4.0g/t Au for 449,000oz to 520,000oz of contained gold
- Exploration Target is open in all directions and represents less than 30% of the known strike of the 9km gold anomaly that defines the gold mineralised system at Golden Ridge
- Diamond drilling underway at Link Zone testing extensions of known gold-vein mineralisation along strike and down-dip of the historic Golden Ridge Adit
- Further drilling planned to expand the Exploration Target and convert to a Mineral Resource
- To hear our Managing Director Neil Marston discuss this Exploration Target announcement and to further engage with the Flynn Gold team head to: https://investorhub.flynngold.com.au/link/WrAB1P
The combined Exploration Target range is listed in Table 1:
Table 1 – Combined Exploration Target for Trafalgar, Brilliant and Link Zone
Flynn Gold’s Managing Director and CEO, Neil Marston states: “Following several successful drill campaigns testing the gold mineralisation at Golden Ridge, we are pleased to report an initial JORC-compliant Exploration Target for the Trafalgar, Brilliant and Link Zone prospects.
“The Exploration Target is open in all directions and encompasses less than 30% of the known gold anomalism at Golden Ridge which highlights the substantial future growth potential of this exciting project.
“This is a significant step toward our next goal of defining a maiden JORC Mineral Resource for the project. There is potential to significantly increase the tonnage and grade at Golden Ridge with in-fill and expansion drilling, which will be a major focus for the Company during 2025.”
Exploration Target
The Golden Ridge Project is located within EL17/2018 in North-east Tasmania (see Figure 7).
Flynn has calculated JORC compliant Exploration Targets for the Trafalgar, Brilliant and Link Zone prospects at Golden Ridge dated 8th November 2024. Table 2 below provides a summary of the Exploration Targets for each prospect:
Table 2 - Exploration Targets for Trafalgar, Brilliant and Link Zone prospects at the Golden Ridge project.
The combined Exploration Target only encompasses areas where Flynn has drill-tested vein mineralisation at locations shown in Figure 1 and does not include areas of anomalous soil geochemistry, which the Company considers to be highly prospective for gold mineralisation and intends to drill-test in the future.
The drill-tested Trafalgar, Brilliant and Link Zone prospects define a significant zone of gold mineralisation extending over a strike length of approximately 3km, which is contained within a broader 9km zone of gold anomalism that trends along the contact between the Golden Ridge granodiorite and the Mathinna supergroup metasediments (Figures 1 - 3).
Potential gold vein extensions at Trafalgar and Brilliant ,defined by anomalous gold-in-soil geochemistry along strike of and surrounding the Exploration Target veins, were not included in the Exploration Target calculation.
Work is currently in progress to in-fill these areas with soil sampling and trenching prior to exploration drill-testing.
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Fed Cuts Rate in Post-Election Meeting, Gold and Silver Gain
Hot on the heels of Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election was an important meeting of the US Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) on November 6 and 7.
At the meeting, the committee decided to lower the benchmark rate by 25 basis points to 4.5 to 4.75 percent. This marks the second cut by the FOMC, which made an outsized 50 point cut at its last meeting in September.
The rate cuts have come as inflation has cooled towards the 2 percent target set by the Fed when it first began raising interest rates in February 2022. While the personal consumption expenditure index for September had fallen to an overall 2.1 percent increase year-over-year, the committee was still concerned about some stickiness, as the PCE less food and energy prices was up 2.7 percent.
A key factor influencing the Federal Reserve's decision is the current state of the jobs market, which has stabilized significantly. Labor market conditions are now less constrained than they were before the pandemic in 2019, reducing its contribution to inflationary pressures. As a result, the central bank has been able to shift its focus within its dual mandate of promoting maximum employment and maintaining stable prices.
In his statement following the decision, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell suggested that while he thinks the economy and policy are in a very good position, there is still some uncertainty. He said the data would inform future rate decisions, and the FOMC would react appropriately.
“We know that reducing policy restraint too quickly could hinder progress on inflation. At the same time, reducing policy restraint too slowly could unduly weaken economic activity and employment,” Powell said. “We are not on any preset course. We will continue to make our decisions meeting by meeting.”
The election results bore little influence over the decision at the November meeting. When asked how election results may affect future rate decisions, Chairman Powell suggested there would be no influence in the short term.
“We don’t know what the timing and substance of any policy changes will be,” he said. “We therefore don’t know what the effects on the economy would be, specifically whether and to what extent those policies would matter for the achievement of our goal variables of maximum employment and stable prices.”
While commenting on the longer-term implications of a Trump presidency, Powell was neutral in his remarks, saying any government could implement policies that could have economic effects that would matter over time. Powell said the Fed would take those factors into account in future modelling.
When asked if he was concerned that Trump’s incoming administration would ask him to step down as Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Powell answered “no.” He also said he would not step down before his term ends in 2026. Even though the President is responsible for appointing the Chairman of the central bank, terms are fixed at four years and cannot be overridden.
Market reaction to the rate cut decision boosted gold, which climbed by 1.84 percent since markets opened to US$2,707.93 by 3:30 PM EST, while silver surged 3.12 percent to US$32.12.
Equity markets saw slight gains as of that time, with the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:INX) gaining 0.84 percent to 5,978.81, the Nasdaq 100 (INDEXNASDAQ:NDX) adding 1.66 percent to 21,123.64 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) increasing 0.15 percent to reach 43,793.06.
How Trump's policy promises could affect inflation
While Powell did not address Trump's proposed policies in his statement, if president elect Donald Trump does enact some of the policies he promised frequently in his campaign, it may increase deficit spending and cause further inflation, which could influence future interest rate decisions.
For example, his proposed changes would see tariffs applied broadly to goods entering the United States, which will make everyday goods more costly for Americans. This is because tariffs are paid by importers in the US when they purchase goods from overseas, and the cost increases are passed along to the consumers.
Likewise, sweeping border reform with the promise to deport 20 million undocumented migrants would cost US$88 billion a year to enforce. The impact would be felt by business owners who are already struggling to fill job openings, especially in the agricultural sector. This will likely lead to higher costs at the grocery store or reduced availability of produce.
Additionally, the loss of undocumented workers would see US$100 billion per year in lost tax revenue, requiring the government to increase deficits to pay for government programs.
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Newmont Files Early Warning Report
Pursuant to the Transaction, the Vendor sold 14,674,056 common shares of Azucar (" Azucar Shares "), representing approximately 19.9% of the issued and outstanding Azucar Shares as of the date of the Share Purchase Agreement. Accordingly, the disposition of the Vendor's Azucar Shares represents a decrease in Newmont's ownership from approximately 19.9% to 0% of the issued and outstanding Azucar Shares.
The Vendor's Azucar Shares were sold in reliance on the "private agreement exemption" in Section 4.2 of National Instrument 62-104 Take-Over Bids and Issuer Bids (" NI 62-104 "). In particular, the purchase of the Azucar Shares was made from not more than 5 persons in the aggregate, the bid was not made generally to security holders of the class of securities that was the subject of the bid, and the value of the consideration paid by the Purchasers for the Azucar Shares, including brokerage fees and commissions, was not greater than 115% of the market price of the Azucar Shares at the date of the bid as determined in accordance with section 1.11 of NI 62-104.
This press release is issued pursuant to the early warning provisions of Canadian securities legislation. To obtain a copy of the Early Warning Report filed by Newmont under National Instrument 62-103 – The Early Warning System and Related Take-Over Bid and Insider Reporting Issues , please contact Neil Backhouse at +1 (303) 837-5002 or investor.relations@newmont.com . A copy of the Early Warning Report to be filed by Almadex in connection with the transactions described above will be available on the Almadex's SEDAR+ profile at www.sedarplus.ca .
Newmont's address is 6900 E Layton Avenue, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80237.
About Newmont
Newmont is the world's leading gold company and a producer of copper, zinc, lead, and silver. The Company's world-class portfolio of assets, prospects and talent is anchored in favorable mining jurisdictions in Africa, Australia, Latin America & Caribbean, North America, and Papua New Guinea. Newmont is the only gold producer listed in the S&P 500 Index and is widely recognized for its principled environmental, social, and governance practices. Newmont is an industry leader in value creation, supported by robust safety standards, superior execution, and technical expertise. Newmont was founded in 1921 and has been publicly traded since 1925.
At Newmont, our purpose is to create value and improve lives through sustainable and responsible mining. To learn more about Newmont's sustainability strategy and initiatives, go to www.newmont.com .
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Wheaton Precious Metals Announces Third Quarter 2024 Results and Record Quarterly Operating Cash Flow
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THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL RESULTS
"Wheaton achieved record cash flow from operations in the third quarter of 2024, underscoring the effectiveness of our business model in leveraging rising commodity prices, with our cash operating margins increasing by over 30% relative to the third quarter of 2023. Our portfolio of operating assets delivered solid production levels, continuing to support our annual production guidance range for 2024 of 550,000 to 620,000 gold equivalent ounces," said Randy Smallwood, President and CEO of Wheaton Precious Metals. "Shortly following the quarter, Wheaton announced two accretive, precious metals streaming agreements, including a new stream on Montage's Koné Project and an amendment to the existing stream on Rio2's Fenix Project. Together, these transactions further diversify our strategic partnerships and the geography of our portfolio. Once ramped-up, the Koné Project is forecast to contribute meaningful near-term production, reinforcing Wheaton's already prominent position as a leader in the sector's growth landscape."
Solid Financial Results and Strong Balance Sheet
- Third quarter of 2024: $308 million in revenue, $254 million in operating cash flow, $155 million in net earnings and $153 million in adjusted net earnings 1 , and declared a quarterly dividend 1 of $0.155 per common share.
- Balance Sheet: cash balance of $694 million , no debt, and an undrawn $2 billion revolving credit facility as at September 30, 2024 after making total upfront cash payments of $30 million relative to mineral stream and royalty interests in the quarter.
High Quality Asset Base
- Streaming and royalty agreements on 18 operating mines and 28 development projects 5 , including the addition of the Koné project announced subsequent to the quarter.
- 93% of attributable production from assets in the lowest half of their respective cost curves 2,4 .
- Attributable gold equivalent production 3 ("GEOs") of 144,200 ounces in the third quarter of 2024 and 448,400 for the first nine months of 2024, with quarterly production consistent with the comparable period of the prior year, as lower production from Salobo and Constancia was largely offset by higher production from Peñasquito.
- Average annual forecast production guidance for 2024 of 550,000 to 620,000 GEOs 3 maintained, with forecasted sector-leading growth to over 800,000 GEOs 3 by 2028, and average annual forecast attributable production growing to over 850,000 GEOs 3 in years 2029 to 2033.
- Further de-risked forecast growth profile as construction activities advanced at the Blackwater, Goose, Platreef, and Mineral Park projects, all of which are expected to be producing within the next 12 months.
- Subsequent to the quarter, the Company announced two accretive precious metals streaming agreements:
- On October 23, 2024 , the Company entered into a precious metals purchase agreement ("PMPA") with Montage Gold Corp. in respect to the Koné Gold Project located in Côte d'Ivoire.
- On October 21, 2024 , the Company amended the Fenix PMPA, increasing the amount of attributable gold it is entitled to under the contract.
Leadership in Sustainability
- Top Rankings: One of the top-rated companies by Sustainalytics, AA rated by MSCI, and Prime rated by ISS.
- Launch of inaugural Future of Mining Challenge, which will award US$1 million to a winning venture to advance their technology aimed at minimizing environmental impacts, improving efficiencies, and contributing to climate solutions, while ensuring key resources are responsibly available for future generations.
Operational Overview
(all figures in US dollars unless otherwise noted) | Q3 2024 | Q3 2023 | Change | YTD 2024 | YTD 2023 | Change | |||||||||||
Units produced | |||||||||||||||||
Gold ounces | 87,199 | 105,027 | (17.0) % | 262,698 | 261,226 | 0.6 % | |||||||||||
Silver ounces | 4,554 | 3,397 | 34.1 % | 15,083 | 12,985 | 16.2 % | |||||||||||
Palladium ounces | 4,034 | 4,006 | 0.7 % | 12,835 | 11,591 | 10.7 % | |||||||||||
Cobalt pounds | 397 | 183 | 117.6 % | 896 | 458 | 95.5 % | |||||||||||
Gold equivalent ounces 3 | 144,164 | 147,278 | (2.1) % | 448,388 | 419,330 | 6.9 % | |||||||||||
Units sold | |||||||||||||||||
Gold ounces | 75,694 | 74,426 | 1.7 % | 245,039 | 212,325 | 15.4 % | |||||||||||
Silver ounces | 3,875 | 2,965 | 30.7 % | 11,765 | 11,151 | 5.5 % | |||||||||||
Palladium ounces | 3,761 | 4,242 | (11.3) % | 12,836 | 10,580 | 21.3 % | |||||||||||
Cobalt pounds | 88 | 198 | (55.6) % | 485 | 786 | (38.3) % | |||||||||||
Gold equivalent ounces 3 | 122,715 | 111,935 | 9.6 % | 389,907 | 350,961 | 11.1 % | |||||||||||
Change in PBND and Inventory | |||||||||||||||||
Gold equivalent ounces 3 | 9,267 | 21,869 | 12.602 | 17,989 | 20,020 | 2,031 | |||||||||||
Revenue | $ | 308,253 | $ | 223,137 | 38.1 % | $ | 904,123 | $ | 702,573 | 28.7 % | |||||||
Net earnings | $ | 154,635 | $ | 116,371 | 32.9 % | $ | 440,993 | $ | 369,209 | 19.4 % | |||||||
Per share | $ | 0.341 | $ | 0.257 | 32.7 % | $ | 0.973 | $ | 0.815 | 19.4 % | |||||||
Adjusted net earnings 1 | $ | 152,803 | $ | 121,467 | 25.8 % | $ | 441,201 | $ | 368,481 | 19.7 % | |||||||
Per share 1 | $ | 0.337 | $ | 0.268 | 25.7 % | $ | 0.973 | $ | 0.814 | 19.5 % | |||||||
Operating cash flows | $ | 254,337 | $ | 171,103 | 48.6 % | $ | 708,110 | $ | 508,584 | 39.2 % | |||||||
Per share 1 | $ | 0.561 | $ | 0.378 | 48.4 % | $ | 1.562 | $ | 1.123 | 39.1 % |
All amounts in thousands except gold, palladium & gold equivalent ounces, and per share amounts. |
Financial Review
Revenues
Revenue in the third quarter of 2024 was $308 million (61% gold, 37% silver, 1% palladium and 1% cobalt), with the $85 million increase relative to the prior period quarter being primarily due to a 26% increase in the average realized gold equivalent³ price; and a 10% increase in the number of GEOs³ sold.
Revenue was $904 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2024 , representing a $202 million increase from the comparable period of the previous year due primarily to a 16% increase in the average realized gold equivalent³ price; and an 11% increase in the number of GEOs³ sold.
Cash Costs and Margin
Average cash costs¹ in the third quarter of 2024 were $437 per GEO³ as compared to $445 in the third quarter of 2023. This resulted in a cash operating margin¹ of $2,075 per GEO³ sold, an increase of 34% as compared with the third quarter of 2023, a result of the higher realized price per ounce coupled with the lower average cash costs due to changes in the sales mix.
Average cash costs¹ for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 were $434 per GEO³ as compared to $457 in the comparable period of the previous year. This resulted in a cash operating margin¹ of $1,885 per GEO³ sold, a 22% increase from comparable period of the previous year.
Cash Flow from Operations
Operating cash flow in the third quarter of 2024 amounted to $254 million , with the $83 million increase due primarily to the higher gross margin.
Operating cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 amounted to $708 million , with the $200 million increase from the comparable period of the previous year being due primarily to the higher gross margin.
Balance Sheet (at September 30, 2024 )
- Approximately $694 million of cash on hand
- During the third quarter of 2024, the Company made total upfront cash payments of $30 million relative to the mineral stream and royalty interests consisting of:
- $25 million relative to the Mineral Park PMPA; and
- $5 million relative to the DeLamar Royalty.
- With the existing cash on hand coupled with the fully undrawn $2 billion revolving credit facility, the Company believes it is well positioned to fund all outstanding commitments and known contingencies as well as providing flexibility to acquire additional accretive mineral stream interests.
Global Minimum Tax
The Company is within the scope of global minimum tax ("GMT") under the OECD Pillar Two model rules ("Pillar Two"), under which large multinational entities are subject to a 15% GMT. On June 20, 2024 , Canada's Global Minimum Tax Act ("GMTA"), received royal assent. The GMTA enacts the OECD Pillar Two model rules where in scope companies are subject to a 15% GMT for fiscal years commencing on or after December 31, 2023 . With the enactment of the GMTA on June 20, 2024 , the income of the Company's subsidiaries which operate in jurisdictions with a statutory tax rate of 0% are subject to the GMTA. For the three months ended September 30, 2024 an amount of $28 million current tax expense associated with GMT was recorded (nine months - $78 million ). GMT accrued to December 31, 2024 , is payable on or before June 30, 2026 (18 months following year-end).
Third Quarter Operating Asset Highlights
Salobo: In the third quarter of 2024, Salobo produced 62,700 ounces of attributable gold, a decrease of approximately 9% relative to the third quarter of 2023, primarily due to lower grades, partially offset by higher throughput. On July 25, 2024 , Vale S.A. ("Vale") reported that the Salobo III processing plant operations resumed in July, after being halted for 31 days due to a fire on a conveyor belt. Vale confirmed that 2024 copper production guidance of 320-355 kt has been maintained.
Antamina : In the third quarter of 2024, Antamina produced 0.9 million ounces of attributable silver, an increase of approximately 3% relative to the third quarter of 2023 primarily due to higher recoveries, partially offset by lower throughput.
Peñasquito : In the third quarter of 2024, Peñasquito produced 1.8 million ounces of attributable silver, with Peñasquito producing no ounces in the third quarter of 2023 as a result of a labour strike which lasted from June 7 to October 13, 2023 .
Constancia : In the third quarter of 2024, Constancia produced 0.6 million ounces of attributable silver and 10,400 ounces of attributable gold, a decrease of approximately 7% and 45%, respectively, relative to the third quarter of 2023. The decrease in silver production was primarily due to lower recoveries. The decrease in gold production was primarily the result of lower gold grades due largely to the planned stripping activity in the Pampacancha pit, which commenced in the second quarter, and continued throughout the third quarter. On August 13, 2024 , Hudbay Minerals Inc. ("Hudbay") reported that the stripping program for the next mining phase at Pampacancha was underway and expected to lead to significantly higher copper and gold grades in the fourth quarter of 2024.
Sudbury : In the third quarter of 2024, Vale's Sudbury mines produced 4,300 ounces of attributable gold, an increase of approximately 11% relative to the third quarter of 2023, due to higher throughput.
Stillwater : In the third quarter of 2024, the Stillwater mines produced 2,200 ounces of attributable gold and 4,000 ounces of attributable palladium, a decrease of approximately 8% for gold relative to the third quarter of 2023, due primarily to lower recoveries, while palladium production was virtually unchanged. On September 12, 2024 , Sibanye Stillwater ("Sibanye") announced that as a result of low palladium prices it was placing the Stillwater West operations into care and maintenance, while Stillwater East and East Boulder operations continue to operate. Sibanye reports that Stillwater West could return to production as prices permit. Based on Sibanye's Q3 MD&A, the Company's management estimates that with the Stillwater West operations in care and maintenance, 2025 production relative to the Stillwater PMPA will be approximately 40% to 45% lower than historical levels.
Voisey's Bay: In the third quarter of 2024, the Voisey's Bay mine produced 397,000 pounds of attributable cobalt, an increase of approximately 118% relative to the third quarter of 2023, as the transitional period between the depletion of the Ovoid open-pit and ramp-up to full production of the Voisey's Bay underground mine nears completion. Vale reported that physical completion of the Voisey's Bay underground mine extension was 99% at the end of the third quarter, with all surface construction completed and the commissioning of the Reid Brook power plant remaining. In the Eastern Deeps Mine, the Bulk Material Handling system achieved mechanical completion in early October and Vale indicated that the focus is now on commissioning, with handover to Operations within 2024. Demobilization efforts are ongoing, with Surface contractors already fully demobilized.
Other Silver: In the third quarter of 2024, total Other Silver attributable production was 1.2 million ounces, a decrease of approximately 34% relative to the third quarter of 2023. The decrease from the comparable period of the prior year is primarily due to the temporary suspension of attributable ore mined at Aljustrel commencing September 24, 2023 .
Detailed mine-by-mine production and sales figures can be found in the Appendix to this press release and in Wheaton's consolidated MD&A in the 'Results of Operations and Operational Review' section.
Recent Development Asset Updates
Blackwater Project: On November 6, 2024 , Artemis Gold Inc., ("Artemis") announced that overall construction was over 95% complete as of September 30, 2024 and first gold pour is targeted for late Q4 2024. Construction of the tailings storage facility is ready to allow for the commencement of commissioning of the plant. Artemis reported that the initial mining fleet has been commissioned and pre-stripping of the mine, as well as the construction of haul roads are well advanced.
Platreef Project: On October 30, 2024 , Ivanhoe Mines ("Ivanhoe") reported that construction of the Phase 1 concentrator was completed on schedule early in the third quarter. First ore is scheduled for the second half of 2025, while underground development prioritizes development to accelerate Phase 2. Ivanhoe also states that work continues on the updated feasibility study to accelerate the startup of Phase 2, as well as the preliminary economic assessment of the previously announced Phase 3 expansion to 10 Mtpa processing capacity. Both studies are now expected to be published in Q1 2025.
Goose Project: On November 6 2024, B2Gold Corp. ("B2Gold") announced that all planned construction year to date in 2024 has been completed. Project construction and development continues to progress on track for first gold pour at the Goose Project in the second quarter of 2025, followed by a ramp up to commercial production in the third quarter of 2025. The 2024 sealift was completed successfully on September 30, 2024 , with ten ships and one barge having unloaded 123,000 cubic meters of dry cargo, more than 84 million liters of arctic grade diesel fuel and 58 additional trucks for the 2025 Winter Ice Road campaign.
Marmato Mine: On July 16, 2024 , Aris Mining Corporation ("Aris") reported that the Lower Mine project is on track for first gold pour by the end of 2025, followed by an approximate six-month ramp-up period. On October 7, 2024 , Aris provided an update that the Marmato Lower Mine expansion is progressing on schedule, with the site access road and portal face now complete and the contractor preparing to initiate work on the twin declines. Both the SAG and ball mill fabrication are progressing on schedule for completion before the end of 2024.
Curipamba Project: On July 31, 2024 , Silvercorp Metals Inc. ("Silvercorp") completed the previously announced acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Adventus Mining Corporation. Under the terms of the Curipamba PMPA, within 30 days of a change of control, Silvercorp had a one-time option to repurchase 33% of the gold and silver stream which expired unexercised.
Marathon Project : On July 31, 2024 , Generation Mining Limited ("Gen Mining") reported that the federal government has approved amendments to Schedule 2 of the Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations ("Schedule 2") which will allow for the construction of specific water management structures and operation of key infrastructure for the Marathon Project. On August 7, 2024 , Gen Mining announced a key milestone with the receipt of the Fisheries Act Authorization for the Marathon project. Gen Mining also states that receipt of the few remaining provincial and federal approvals and permits required for construction is expected in the coming months. Following which, the Marathon project will have all of the key government permits and approvals required for construction.
Santo Domingo : On July 31, 2024 , Capstone Copper Corp. ("Capstone") published the results of an updated feasibility study for the Santo Domingo project, outlining an optimized mine plan, updated capital and operating cost estimates, and a 19-year mine life supported by higher mineral reserve estimates. The report indicates that total gold production is expected to average 35,000 ounces per year for the first seven years of production, an increase from the 30,000 ounces per year estimate outlined in the 2020 feasibility study, and 22,000 ounces per year for the life of mine, up from 17,000 ounces per year. Capstone has reported that with construction completed at the Mantoverde project, a deposit situated 35 kilometers northeast of the Santo Domingo project, Capstone plans to advance several value enhancement initiatives within the Mantoverde-Santo Domingo district that are not yet included in the 2024 feasibility study. The first of these initiatives is a newly announced two-year, $25 million exploration program at Mantoverde, aimed at supporting the two future processing centers between Mantoverde and Santo Domingo .
Curraghinalt Project: On May 3, 2024 , the Planning Appeals Commission & Water Appeals Commission (the "Commission") in Northern Ireland concluded that the water abstraction and impoundment licenses ("Water Licenses") relative to the Curraghinalt Project have been rescinded and that license applications would need to be resubmitted, and subsequent public inquiry referrals held. Dalradian has re-submitted two new applications for the abstraction licenses and those licenses were received by the Commission on September 5, 2024 . The Commission has set new dates to resume the public inquiry process beginning January 13 , 2025.
Fenix Project: On October 2, 2024 , Rio2 Limited ("Rio2") announced that its Chilean subsidiary has received the principal Sectorial Permits it requires to begin construction at the Fenix project. These Sectorial Permits represent the last governmental authorization required to enable the start of the construction phase and subsequent operation of the Fenix mine.
Copper World Project: On August 29, 2024 , Hudbay announced that it has received an Aquifer Protection Permit for the Copper World project from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality. The issuance of this permit is a key milestone in the advancement of Copper World. The last key state-level permit is the Air Quality Permit which is progressing as planned.
Corporate Development
Koné Gold Project
On October 23, 2024 , the Company entered into a PMPA (the "Koné Gold PMPA") with Montage Gold Corp. ("Montage") in respect of its 90% owned Koné Gold Project located in Côte d'Ivoire. Under the terms of the agreement, Wheaton will purchase 19.5% of the payable gold production until 400,000 ounces of gold have been delivered (subject to adjustment if there are delays in deliveries relative to an agreed schedule), 10.8% of the gold production until the delivery of a further 130,000 ounces and 5.4% gold production thereafter for the life of mine. Under the terms of the Koné Gold PMPA, the Company is committed to pay Montage total upfront cash payments of $625 million , payable in four equal installment payments during construction, subject to certain conditions, including that all permits have been obtained.
In addition, Wheaton will make ongoing production payments for the gold ounces delivered equal to 20% of the spot gold price. For the first five years after the PMPA is signed, there will be a price adjustment mechanism in place if the spot price of gold is less than $2,100 per ounce or greater than $2,700 per ounce.
The Company has also provided Montage with a secured debt facility of up to $75 million (the "Facility").
Amendment to the Fenix PMPA
On November 15, 2021 , the Company acquired a gold stream in respect of gold production from the Fenix Project (the "Fenix PMPA"). Under the terms of the Fenix PMPA, the Company was to acquire an amount of gold equal to 6% of the gold production until 90,000 ounces have been delivered, 4% of the gold production until the delivery of a further 140,000 ounces and 3.5% gold production thereafter for the life of mine.
On October 21, 2024 , the Company amended the Fenix PMPA. Under the terms of the amended agreement, the Company is entitled to purchase an additional 16% of payable gold production (22% in total, subject to adjustment if there are delays in deliveries relative to an agreed schedule). Once Rio2 delivers the incremental 95,000 ounces (as adjusted), the stream reverts to the percentages and thresholds under the original Fenix PMPA (as described above). Rio2 has a one-time option to terminate the requirement to deliver the additional gold production from the end of 2027 until the end of 2029 by delivering 95,000 ounces (as adjusted) less previously delivered gold ounces, excluding those gold ounces which would have been delivered under the original Fenix PMPA. Finally, the Company has also agreed to adjust the production payment for all gold ounces delivered to 20% of the spot gold price. In exchange for the amendment, the Company is committed to pay additional upfront cash consideration of $100 million , payable in two equal installments, subject to various customary conditions being satisfied.
Wheaton will also provide a $20 million contingent secured debt facility in the form of a standby loan facility. Lastly, Wheaton has committed to participate in a private placement of Rio2 common shares for Cdn$5 million at a price per share equal to, and concurrent with, a public offering by Rio2.
Sustainability
Future of Mining Challenge
On September 16, 2024 , Wheaton announced the launch of the inaugural Future of Mining Challenge, which will award US$1 million to a winning venture to advance their technology. The Future of Mining Challenge invites cleantech ventures from around the world to submit and propose industry solutions. This year's challenge focuses on identifying eligible technologies with the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across mining operations. In alignment with Wheaton's business model, the solutions should be applicable to base and/or precious metal mining. They should also be scalable globally, with the aim of future implementation at operating mines. The challenge is being supported by Foresight Canada. Submissions for challenge applications opened in September 2024 , and the winner will be announced in March 2025 at the PDAC Convention in Toronto , the world's largest mining conference. More information can be found at www.futureofmining.ca .
Community Investment Program
- Wheaton's Partner Community Investment Program continues to support initiatives with the Vale Foundation, Vale Canada, Glencore via Antamina, Hudbay Minerals, First Majestic Silver and Sibanye-Stillwater to support the communities influenced by the mines and provide vital services and programs including educational resources, health and dental programs, poverty reduction initiatives, entrepreneurial opportunities, and various social and environmental programs.
- In August 2024 , the BC Cancer Foundation's Tour de Cure presented by Wheaton raised C$7.3 million to advance groundbreaking cancer research and care enhancements in British Columbia .
2024 and Long-Term Production Outlook
Wheaton's estimated attributable production in 2024 is forecast to be 325,000 to 370,000 ounces of gold, 18.5 to 20.5 million ounces of silver, and 12,000 to 15,000 GEOs 3 of other metals, resulting in annual production of approximately 550,000 to 620,000 GEOs 3 , unchanged from previous guidance 2,3 .
Annual production is forecast to increase by approximately 40% to over 800,000 GEOs 3 by 2028, with average annual production forecast to grow to over 850,000 GEO 3 in years 2029 to 2033, also unchanged from previous guidance 6 . The transactions announced in 2024, including the new stream associated with the Koné Project and the amendment related to the Fenix Project, have not been incorporated into the long-term guidance.
The Company will provide updated longer-term guidance in normal course in the first quarter of 2025, which will incorporate the impact of recent developments and the acquisitions announced in 2024. 2,3
About Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.
Wheaton is the world's premier precious metals streaming company with the highest-quality portfolio of long-life, low-cost assets. Its business model offers investors commodity price leverage and exploration upside but with a much lower risk profile than a traditional mining company. Wheaton delivers amongst the highest cash operating margins in the mining industry, allowing it to pay a competitive dividend and continue to grow through accretive acquisitions. As a result, Wheaton has consistently outperformed gold and silver, as well as other mining investments. Wheaton is committed to strong ESG practices and giving back to the communities where Wheaton and its mining partners operate. Wheaton creates sustainable value through streaming for all of its stakeholders.
In accordance with Wheaton Precious Metals™ Corp.'s ("Wheaton Precious Metals", "Wheaton" or the "Company") MD&A and Financial Statements, reference to the Company and Wheaton includes the Company's wholly owned subsidiaries.
Webcast and Conference Call Details
A conference call will be held on Friday, November 8, 2024 , starting at 11:00 am ET ( 8:00 am PT ) to discuss these results. To participate in the live call, please use one of the following methods:
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This earnings release should be read in conjunction with Wheaton Precious Metals' MD&A and Financial Statements, which are available on the Company's website at www.wheatonpm.com and have been posted on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca .
Mr. Wes Carson , P.Eng., Vice President, Mining Operations, Neil Burns , P.Geo., Vice President, Technical Services for Wheaton Precious Metals and Ryan Ulansky , P.Eng., Vice President, Engineering, are a "qualified person" as such term is defined under National Instrument 43-101, and have reviewed and approved the technical information disclosed in this news release (specifically Mr. Carson has reviewed production figures, Mr. Burns has reviewed mineral resource estimates and Mr. Ulansky has reviewed the mineral reserve estimates).
Wheaton Precious Metals believes that there are no significant differences between its corporate governance practices and those required to be followed by United States domestic issuers under the NYSE listing standards. This confirmation is located on the Wheaton Precious Metals website at http://www.wheatonpm.com/Company/corporate-governance/default.aspx .
Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Earnings
Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||
(US dollars and shares in thousands, except per share amounts - unaudited) | 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||
Sales | $ | 308,253 | $ | 223,137 | $ | 904,123 | $ | 702,573 | ||||
Cost of sales | ||||||||||||
Cost of sales, excluding depletion | $ | 55,310 | $ | 49,808 | $ | 170,872 | $ | 160,413 | ||||
Depletion | 55,530 | 46,435 | 178,071 | 145,908 | ||||||||
Total cost of sales | $ | 110,840 | $ | 96,243 | $ | 348,943 | $ | 306,321 | ||||
Gross margin | $ | 197,413 | $ | 126,894 | $ | 555,180 | $ | 396,252 | ||||
General and administrative expenses | 9,488 | 8,606 | 30,193 | 28,922 | ||||||||
Share based compensation | 9,628 | 4,336 | 17,150 | 16,217 | ||||||||
Donations and community investments | 2,352 | 1,736 | 4,626 | 5,054 | ||||||||
Earnings from operations | $ | 175,945 | $ | 112,216 | $ | 503,211 | $ | 346,059 | ||||
Gain on disposal of mineral stream interests | - | - | - | 5,027 | ||||||||
Other income (expense) | 7,605 | 10,707 | 19,922 | 26,961 | ||||||||
Earnings before finance costs and income taxes | $ | 183,550 | $ | 122,923 | $ | 523,133 | $ | 378,047 | ||||
Finance costs | 1,404 | 1,407 | 4,144 | 4,138 | ||||||||
Earnings before income taxes | $ | 182,146 | $ | 121,516 | $ | 518,989 | $ | 373,909 | ||||
Income tax expense | 27,511 | 5,145 | 77,996 | 4,700 | ||||||||
Net earnings | $ | 154,635 | $ | 116,371 | $ | 440,993 | $ | 369,209 | ||||
Basic earnings per share | $ | 0.341 | $ | 0.257 | $ | 0.973 | $ | 0.815 | ||||
Diluted earnings per share | $ | 0.340 | $ | 0.257 | $ | 0.971 | $ | 0.814 | ||||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding | ||||||||||||
Basic | 453,641 | 452,975 | 453,389 | 452,748 | ||||||||
Diluted | 454,302 | 453,538 | 454,037 | 453,419 |
Condensed Interim Consolidated Balance Sheets
As at | As at | |||
(US dollars in thousands - unaudited) | 2024 | 2023 | ||
Assets | ||||
Current assets | ||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 694,085 | $ | 546,527 |
Accounts receivable | 10,435 | 10,078 | ||
Cobalt inventory | - | 1,372 | ||
Income taxes receivable | 1,392 | 5,935 | ||
Other | 3,938 | 3,499 | ||
Total current assets | $ | 709,850 | $ | 567,411 |
Non-current assets | ||||
Mineral stream interests | $ | 6,456,123 | $ | 6,122,441 |
Early deposit mineral stream interests | 47,094 | 47,093 | ||
Mineral royalty interests | 40,429 | 13,454 | ||
Long-term equity investments | 103,068 | 246,678 | ||
Property, plant and equipment | 7,535 | 7,638 | ||
Other | 22,080 | 26,470 | ||
Total non-current assets | $ | 6,676,329 | $ | 6,463,774 |
Total assets | $ | 7,386,179 | $ | 7,031,185 |
Liabilities | ||||
Current liabilities | ||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ | 14,766 | $ | 13,458 |
Current portion of performance share units | 12,522 | 12,013 | ||
Current portion of lease liabilities | 324 | 604 | ||
Total current liabilities | $ | 27,612 | $ | 26,075 |
Non-current liabilities | ||||
Performance share units | $ | 9,301 | $ | 9,113 |
Lease liabilities | 5,340 | 5,625 | ||
Global minimum tax | 78,361 | - | ||
Deferred income taxes | 264 | 232 | ||
Pension liability | 5,287 | 4,624 | ||
Total non-current liabilities | $ | 98,553 | $ | 19,594 |
Total liabilities | $ | 126,165 | $ | 45,669 |
Shareholders' equity | ||||
Issued capital | $ | 3,797,558 | $ | 3,777,323 |
Reserves | (44,489) | (40,091) | ||
Retained earnings | 3,506,945 | 3,248,284 | ||
Total shareholders' equity | $ | 7,260,014 | $ | 6,985,516 |
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | $ | 7,386,179 | $ | 7,031,185 |
Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | ||||||||
(US dollars in thousands - unaudited) | 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||
Operating activities | |||||||||
Net earnings | $ | 154,635 | $ | 116,371 | $ | 440,993 | $ | 369,209 | |
Adjustments for | |||||||||
Depreciation and depletion | 55,887 | 46,784 | 179,111 | 147,031 | |||||
Gain on disposal of mineral stream interest | - | - | - | (5,027) | |||||
Interest expense | 71 | 78 | 216 | 131 | |||||
Equity settled stock based compensation | 1,725 | 1,732 | 4,978 | 5,133 | |||||
Performance share units - expense | 7,903 | 2,604 | 12,172 | 11,084 | |||||
Performance share units - paid | - | - | (11,129) | (16,675) | |||||
Pension expense | 336 | 329 | 794 | 787 | |||||
Pension paid | - | - | (43) | (116) | |||||
Income tax (recovery) expense | 27,511 | 5,145 | 77,996 | 4,700 | |||||
(Gain) loss on fair value adjustment of share purchase warrants held | (523) | 143 | (903) | 248 | |||||
Investment income recognized in net earnings | (7,249) | (10,537) | (18,564) | (26,564) | |||||
Other | 2,246 | 163 | 2,646 | 662 | |||||
Change in non-cash working capital | 2,837 | (489) | 1,329 | (876) | |||||
Cash generated from operations before income taxes and interest | $ | 245,379 | $ | 162,323 | $ | 689,596 | $ | 489,727 | |
Income taxes paid | 2,925 | (912) | 2,734 | (5,244) | |||||
Interest paid | (71) | (79) | (219) | (112) | |||||
Interest received | 6,104 | 9,771 | 15,999 | 24,213 | |||||
Cash generated from operating activities | $ | 254,337 | $ | 171,103 | $ | 708,110 | $ | 508,584 | |
Financing activities | |||||||||
Credit facility extension fees | $ | (11) | $ | (13) | $ | (936) | $ | (859) | |
Share purchase options exercised | 847 | 93 | 13,011 | 10,603 | |||||
Lease payments | (149) | (169) | (444) | (548) | |||||
Dividends paid | (69,984) | (66,994) | (209,108) | (198,085) | |||||
Cash used for financing activities | $ | (69,297) | $ | (67,083) | $ | (197,477) | $ | (188,889) | |
Investing activities | |||||||||
Mineral stream interests | $ | (25,876) | $ | (90,710) | $ | (512,383) | $ | (210,944) | |
Early deposit mineral stream interests | - | (250) | - | (1,000) | |||||
Mineral royalty interest | (4,956) | (3,602) | (26,981) | (3,602) | |||||
Net proceeds on disposal of mineral stream interests | - | - | - | 46,400 | |||||
Acquisition of long-term investments | (728) | (5,006) | (1,479) | (13,181) | |||||
Proceeds on disposal of long-term investments | - | - | 177,088 | 202 | |||||
Dividends received | 482 | 700 | 1,663 | 1,617 | |||||
Other | (155) | (35) | (944) | (1,804) | |||||
Cash used for investing activities | $ | (31,233) | $ | (98,903) | $ | (363,036) | $ | (182,312) | |
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | $ | 61 | $ | (35) | $ | (39) | $ | 447 | |
Increase in cash and cash equivalents | $ | 153,868 | $ | 5,082 | $ | 147,558 | $ | 137,830 | |
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | 540,217 | 828,837 | 546,527 | 696,089 | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | $ | 694,085 | $ | 833,919 | $ | 694,085 | $ | 833,919 |
Summary of Units Produced
Q3 2024 | Q2 2024 | Q1 2024 | Q4 2023 | Q3 2023 | Q2 2023 | Q1 2023 | Q4 2022 | |
Gold ounces produced ² | ||||||||
Salobo | 62,689 | 63,225 | 61,622 | 71,778 | 69,045 | 54,804 | 43,677 | 37,939 |
Sudbury 3 | 4,287 | 4,477 | 5,618 | 5,823 | 3,857 | 5,818 | 6,203 | 5,270 |
Constancia | 10,446 | 6,086 | 13,897 | 22,292 | 19,003 | 7,444 | 6,905 | 10,496 |
San Dimas 4 | 6,882 | 7,089 | 7,542 | 10,024 | 9,995 | 11,166 | 10,754 | 10,037 |
Stillwater 5 | 2,247 | 2,099 | 2,637 | 2,341 | 2,454 | 2,017 | 1,960 | 2,185 |
Other | ||||||||
Marmato | 648 | 584 | 623 | 668 | 673 | 639 | 457 | 533 |
Minto 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 1,292 | 3,063 | 2,567 |
Total Other | 648 | 584 | 623 | 668 | 673 | 1,931 | 3,520 | 3,100 |
Total gold ounces produced | 87,199 | 83,560 | 91,939 | 112,926 | 105,027 | 83,180 | 73,019 | 69,027 |
Silver ounces produced 2 | ||||||||
Peñasquito 7 | 1,785 | 2,263 | 2,643 | 1,036 | - | 1,744 | 2,076 | 1,761 |
Antamina | 925 | 992 | 806 | 1,030 | 894 | 984 | 872 | 1,067 |
Constancia | 648 | 451 | 640 | 836 | 697 | 420 | 552 | 655 |
Other | ||||||||
Los Filos | 42 | 27 | 48 | 26 | 32 | 41 | 45 | 14 |
Zinkgruvan | 537 | 699 | 641 | 510 | 785 | 374 | 632 | 664 |
Neves-Corvo | 425 | 432 | 524 | 573 | 486 | 407 | 436 | 369 |
Aljustrel 8 | - | - | - | - | 327 | 279 | 343 | 313 |
Cozamin | 185 | 177 | 173 | 185 | 165 | 184 | 141 | 157 |
Marmato | 7 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
Yauliyacu 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 261 |
Minto 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 29 | 33 |
Total Other | 1,196 | 1,341 | 1,393 | 1,304 | 1,806 | 1,306 | 1,634 | 1,820 |
Total silver ounces produced | 4,554 | 5,047 | 5,482 | 4,206 | 3,397 | 4,454 | 5,134 | 5,303 |
Palladium ounces produced ² | ||||||||
Stillwater 5 | 4,034 | 4,338 | 4,463 | 4,209 | 4,006 | 3,880 | 3,705 | 3,869 |
Cobalt pounds produced ² | ||||||||
Voisey's Bay | 397 | 259 | 240 | 215 | 183 | 152 | 124 | 128 |
GEOs produced 10 | 144,164 | 145,449 | 158,775 | 164,796 | 147,278 | 137,323 | 134,730 | 132,780 |
Average payable rate 2 | ||||||||
Gold | 95.1 % | 95.0 % | 94.7 % | 95.1 % | 95.4 % | 95.1 % | 95.1 % | 94.9 % |
Silver | 83.9 % | 84.3 % | 84.5 % | 83.0 % | 78.4 % | 83.7 % | 83.1 % | 84.2 % |
Palladium | 98.4 % | 97.3 % | 97.8 % | 98.0 % | 94.1 % | 94.1 % | 96.3 % | 93.9 % |
Cobalt | 93.3 % | 93.3 % | 93.3 % | 93.3 % | 93.3 % | 93.3 % | 93.3 % | 93.3 % |
GEO 10 | 91.1 % | 90.7 % | 90.7 % | 91.6 % | 90.9 % | 90.9 % | 89.8 % | 89.9 % |
1) | All figures in thousands except gold and palladium ounces produced. |
2) | Quantity produced represent the amount of gold, silver, palladium and cobalt contained in concentrate or doré prior to smelting or refining deductions. Production figures and payable rates are based on information provided by the operators of the mining operations to which the mineral stream interests relate or management estimates in those situations where other information is not available. Certain production figures and payable rates may be updated in future periods as additional information is received. |
3) | Comprised of the Coleman, Copper Cliff, Garson, Creighton and Totten gold interests. |
4) | Under the terms of the San Dimas PMPA, the Company is entitled to an amount equal to 25% of the payable gold production plus an additional amount of gold equal to 25% of the payable silver production converted to gold at a fixed gold to silver exchange ratio of 70:1 from the San Dimas mine. If the average gold to silver price ratio decreases to less than 50:1 or increases to more than 90:1 for a period of 6 months or more, then the "70" shall be revised to "50" or "90", as the case may be, until such time as the average gold to silver price ratio is between 50:1 to 90:1 for a period of 6 months or more in which event the "70" shall be reinstated. For reference, attributable silver production from prior periods is as follows: Q3 2024 - 262,000 ounces; Q2 2024 - 285,000 ounces; Q1 2024 - 291,000 ounces; Q4 2023 - 378,000 ounces; Q3 2023 - 387,000 ounces; Q2 2023 - 423,000 ounces; Q1 2023 - 401,000 ounces; Q4 2022 - 348,000 ounces. |
5) | Comprised of the Stillwater and East Boulder gold and palladium interests. |
6) | On May 13, 2023, Minto Metals Corp. announced the suspension of operations at the Minto mine. |
7) | There was a temporary suspension of operations at Peñasquito due to a labour strike which ran from June 7, 2023 to October 13, 2023. |
8) | On September 12, 2023, it was announced that the production of the zinc and lead concentrates at the Aljustrel mine will be halted from September 24, 2023 until the second quarter of 2025. |
9) | On December 14, 2022 the Company terminated the Yauliyacu PMPA in exchange for a cash payment of $132 million. |
10) | GEOs, which are provided to assist the reader, are based on the following commodity price assumptions: $2,000 per ounce gold; $23.00 per ounce silver; $1,000 per ounce palladium; and $13.00 per pound cobalt; consistent with those used in estimating the Company's production guidance for 2024. |
Summary of Units Sold
Q3 2024 | Q2 2024 | Q1 2024 | Q4 2023 | Q3 2023 | Q2 2023 | Q1 2023 | Q4 2022 | |
Gold ounces sold | ||||||||
Salobo | 58,101 | 54,962 | 56,841 | 76,656 | 44,444 | 46,030 | 35,966 | 41,029 |
Sudbury 2 | 2,495 | 5,679 | 4,129 | 5,011 | 4,836 | 4,775 | 4,368 | 4,988 |
Constancia | 5,186 | 6,640 | 20,123 | 19,925 | 12,399 | 9,619 | 6,579 | 6,013 |
San Dimas | 7,022 | 6,801 | 7,933 | 10,472 | 9,695 | 11,354 | 10,651 | 10,943 |
Stillwater 3 | 1,635 | 2,628 | 2,355 | 2,314 | 1,985 | 2,195 | 2,094 | 1,783 |
Other | ||||||||
Marmato | 550 | 616 | 638 | 633 | 792 | 467 | 480 | 473 |
777 | - | - | - | - | 275 | 153 | 126 | 785 |
Minto | - | - | - | - | - | 701 | 2,341 | 2,982 |
Santo Domingo 4 | 447 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Curipamba 4 | 258 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Total Other | 1,255 | 616 | 638 | 633 | 1,067 | 1,321 | 2,947 | 4,240 |
Total gold ounces sold | 75,694 | 77,326 | 92,019 | 115,011 | 74,426 | 75,294 | 62,605 | 68,996 |
Silver ounces sold | ||||||||
Peñasquito | 1,667 | 1,482 | 1,839 | 442 | 453 | 1,913 | 1,483 | 2,066 |
Antamina | 989 | 917 | 762 | 1,091 | 794 | 963 | 814 | 1,114 |
Constancia | 366 | 422 | 726 | 665 | 435 | 674 | 366 | 403 |
Other | ||||||||
Los Filos | 26 | 24 | 44 | 24 | 30 | 37 | 34 | 16 |
Zinkgruvan | 488 | 597 | 297 | 449 | 714 | 370 | 520 | 547 |
Neves-Corvo | 185 | 216 | 243 | 268 | 245 | 132 | 171 | 80 |
Aljustrel | - | - | 1 | 86 | 142 | 182 | 205 | 156 |
Cozamin | 148 | 158 | 147 | 141 | 139 | 150 | 119 | 150 |
Marmato | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Yauliyacu | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 337 |
Minto | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 29 | 23 |
Keno Hill | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
777 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 35 |
Total Other | 853 | 1,002 | 740 | 977 | 1,283 | 887 | 1,086 | 1,352 |
Total silver ounces sold | 3,875 | 3,823 | 4,067 | 3,175 | 2,965 | 4,437 | 3,749 | 4,935 |
Palladium ounces sold | ||||||||
Stillwater 3 | 3,761 | 4,301 | 4,774 | 3,339 | 4,242 | 3,392 | 2,946 | 3,396 |
Cobalt pounds sold | ||||||||
Voisey's Bay | 88 | 88 | 309 | 288 | 198 | 265 | 323 | 187 |
GEOs sold 5 | 122,715 | 124,009 | 143,184 | 155,059 | 111,935 | 129,734 | 109,293 | 128,662 |
Cumulative payable units PBND 6 | ||||||||
Gold ounces | 96,158 | 88,205 | 86,114 | 91,092 | 98,715 | 72,916 | 77,377 | 70,562 |
Silver ounces | 2,748 | 2,801 | 2,368 | 1,802 | 1,486 | 1,790 | 2,531 | 2,013 |
Palladium ounces | 6,186 | 6,018 | 6,198 | 6,666 | 5,607 | 6,122 | 5,751 | 5,098 |
Cobalt pounds | 796 | 513 | 360 | 356 | 377 | 251 | 285 | 258 |
GEO 5 | 136,027 | 126,761 | 118,785 | 117,465 | 121,058 | 98,186 | 111,217 | 97,936 |
Inventory on hand | ||||||||
Cobalt pounds | - | - | - | 88 | 155 | 310 | 398 | 633 |
1) | All figures in thousands except gold and palladium ounces sold. |
2) | Comprised of the Coleman, Copper Cliff, Garson, Creighton and Totten gold interests. |
3) | Comprised of the Stillwater and East Boulder gold and palladium interests. |
4) | The ounces sold under Santo Domingo and Curipamba relate to ounces received due to the delay ounce provision as per the respective PMPA. Please see the Company's MD&A for more information. |
5) | GEOs, which are provided to assist the reader, are based on the following commodity price assumptions: $2,000 per ounce gold; $23.00 per ounce silver; $1,000 per ounce palladium; and $13.00 per pound cobalt; consistent with those used in estimating the Company's production guidance for 2024. |
6) | Payable gold, silver and palladium ounces as well as cobalt pounds produced but not yet delivered ("PBND") are based on management estimates. These figures may be updated in future periods as additional information is received. |
Results of Operations
The operating results of the Company's reportable operating segments are summarized in the tables and commentary below.
Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
Units Produced² | Units | Average | Average | Average | Sales | Net | Cash Flow | Total | ||||||||
Gold | ||||||||||||||||
Salobo | 62,689 | 58,101 | $ | 2,490 | $ | 425 | $ | 378 | $ | 144,656 | $ | 98,016 | $ | 122,916 | $ | 2,616,346 |
Sudbury 5 | 4,287 | 2,495 | 2,519 | 400 | 1,326 | 6,286 | 1,979 | 4,798 | 246,918 | |||||||
Constancia | 10,446 | 5,186 | 2,490 | 422 | 323 | 12,912 | 9,048 | 10,722 | 70,095 | |||||||
San Dimas | 6,882 | 7,022 | 2,490 | 637 | 290 | 17,482 | 10,975 | 13,010 | 138,507 | |||||||
Stillwater | 2,247 | 1,635 | 2,490 | 438 | 421 | 4,071 | 2,667 | 3,355 | 208,474 | |||||||
Other 6 | 648 | 1,255 | 2,481 | 192 | 1,584 | 3,114 | 886 | 2,874 | 901,880 | |||||||
87,199 | 75,694 | $ | 2,491 | $ | 440 | $ | 418 | $ | 188,521 | $ | 123,571 | $ | 157,675 | $ | 4,182,220 | |
Silver | ||||||||||||||||
Peñasquito | 1,785 | 1,667 | $ | 29.58 | $ | 4.50 | $ | 4.86 | $ | 49,329 | $ | 33,725 | $ | 41,825 | $ | 253,461 |
Antamina | 925 | 989 | 29.58 | 6.06 | 8.46 | 29,257 | 14,893 | 23,260 | 498,029 | |||||||
Constancia | 648 | 366 | 29.58 | 6.23 | 6.10 | 10,822 | 6,310 | 8,543 | 170,242 | |||||||
Other 7 | 1,196 | 853 | 30.17 | 4.34 | 4.83 | 25,741 | 17,912 | 22,594 | 645,485 | |||||||
4,554 | 3,875 | $ | 29.71 | $ | 5.03 | $ | 5.89 | $ | 115,149 | $ | 72,840 | $ | 96,222 | $ | 1,567,217 | |
Palladium | ||||||||||||||||
Stillwater | 4,034 | 3,761 | $ | 969 | $ | 173 | $ | 429 | $ | 3,644 | $ | 1,380 | $ | 2,994 | $ | 215,082 |
Platreef | - | - | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | - | - | - | 78,820 | |||||||
4,034 | 3,761 | $ | 969 | $ | 173 | $ | 429 | $ | 3,644 | $ | 1,380 | $ | 2,994 | $ | 293,902 | |
Platinum | ||||||||||||||||
Marathon | - | - | $ | n.a. | $ | n.a. | $ | n.a. | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 9,451 |
Platreef | - | - | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | - | - | - | 57,588 | |||||||
- | - | $ | n.a. | $ | n.a. | $ | n.a. | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 67,039 | |
Cobalt | ||||||||||||||||
Voisey's Bay | 397 | 88 | $ | 10.65 | $ | 2.15 | $ | 12.78 | $ | 939 | $ | (378) | $ | 321 | $ | 345,745 |
Operating results | $ | 308,253 | $ | 197,413 | $ | 257,212 | $ | 6,456,123 | ||||||||
Other | ||||||||||||||||
General and administrative | $ | (9,488) | $ | (6,215) | ||||||||||||
Share based compensation | (9,628) | - | ||||||||||||||
Donations and community investments | (2,352) | (2,198) | ||||||||||||||
Finance costs | (1,404) | (1,051) | ||||||||||||||
Other | 7,605 | 3,664 | ||||||||||||||
Income tax | (27,511) | 2,925 | ||||||||||||||
Total other | $ | (42,778) | $ | (2,875) | $ | 930,056 | ||||||||||
$ | 154,635 | $ | 254,337 | $ | 7,386,179 |
1) | Units of gold, silver and palladium produced and sold are reported in ounces, while cobalt is reported in pounds. All figures in thousands except gold and palladium ounces produced and sold and per unit amounts. |
2) | Quantity produced represents the amount of gold, silver, palladium and cobalt contained in concentrate or doré prior to smelting or refining deductions. Production figures are based on information provided by the operators of the mining operations to which the mineral stream interests relate or management estimates in those situations where other information is not available. Certain production figures may be updated in future periods as additional information is received. |
3) | Refer to discussion on non-IFRS measure (iii) at the end of this press release. |
4) | Includes the non-cash per ounce cost of sale associated with delay ounces. Please see the Company's MD&A for more information. |
5) | Comprised of the operating Coleman, Copper Cliff, Garson, Creighton and Totten gold interests and the non-operating Stobie and Victor gold interests. |
6) | Other gold interests comprised of the operating Marmato gold interest as well as the non-operating Minto, Copper World, Santo Domingo, Fenix, Blackwater, Curipamba, Marathon, Goose, Cangrejos, Platreef, Curraghinalt and Kudz Ze Kayah gold interests. Other includes ounces sold that were received under the delay ounce provisions of each of the Santo Domingo and Curipamba PMPAs. Please see the Company's MD&A for more information. |
7) | Other silver interests comprised of the operating Los Filos, Zinkgruvan, Neves-Corvo, Marmato and Cozamin silver interests as well as the non-operating Stratoni, Aljustrel, Minto, Pascua-Lama, Copper World, Navidad, Blackwater, Curipamba, Mineral Park and Kudz Ze Kayah silver interests. |
Three Months Ended September 30, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
Units Produced² | Units | Average | Average | Average | Sales | Net | Cash Flow | Total | ||||||||
Gold | ||||||||||||||||
Salobo | 69,045 | 44,444 | $ | 1,944 | $ | 420 | $ | 330 | $ | 86,395 | $ | 53,026 | $ | 67,710 | $ | 2,341,485 |
Sudbury 4 | 3,857 | 4,836 | 1,950 | 400 | 1,204 | 9,428 | 1,669 | 7,494 | 268,224 | |||||||
Constancia | 19,003 | 12,399 | 1,944 | 419 | 316 | 24,102 | 14,991 | 18,906 | 86,555 | |||||||
San Dimas | 9,995 | 9,695 | 1,944 | 631 | 260 | 18,846 | 10,216 | 12,732 | 147,638 | |||||||
Stillwater | 2,454 | 1,985 | 1,944 | 349 | 510 | 3,859 | 2,154 | 3,167 | 212,650 | |||||||
Other 5 | 673 | 1,067 | 1,945 | 368 | 391 | 2,077 | 1,266 | 1,684 | 557,035 | |||||||
105,027 | 74,426 | $ | 1,944 | $ | 444 | $ | 381 | $ | 144,707 | $ | 83,322 | $ | 111,693 | $ | 3,613,587 | |
Silver | ||||||||||||||||
Peñasquito | - | 453 | $ | 23.82 | $ | 4.43 | $ | 4.06 | $ | 10,804 | $ | 6,952 | $ | 8,795 | $ | 278,028 |
Antamina | 894 | 794 | 23.82 | 4.81 | 7.06 | 18,915 | 9,496 | 15,097 | 527,227 | |||||||
Constancia | 697 | 435 | 23.82 | 6.18 | 6.24 | 10,360 | 4,958 | 7,674 | 183,736 | |||||||
Other 6 | 1,806 | 1,283 | 23.62 | 5.15 | 2.64 | 30,293 | 20,301 | 19,439 | 549,641 | |||||||
3,397 | 2,965 | $ | 23.73 | $ | 5.10 | $ | 4.57 | $ | 70,372 | $ | 41,707 | $ | 51,005 | $ | 1,538,632 | |
Palladium | ||||||||||||||||
Stillwater | 4,006 | 4,242 | $ | 1,251 | $ | 223 | $ | 459 | $ | 5,307 | $ | 2,416 | $ | 4,361 | $ | 222,154 |
Platinum | ||||||||||||||||
Marathon | - | - | $ | n.a. | $ | n.a. | $ | n.a. | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 9,450 |
Cobalt | ||||||||||||||||
Voisey's Bay | 183 | 198 | $ | 13.87 | $ | 3.66 ⁷ | $ | 12.98 | $ | 2,751 | $ | (551) | $ | 4,235 | $ | 353,631 |
Operating results | $ | 223,137 | $ | 126,894 | $ | 171,294 | $ | 5,737,454 | ||||||||
Other | ||||||||||||||||
General and administrative | $ | (8,606) | $ | (6,321) | ||||||||||||
Share based compensation | (4,336) | - | ||||||||||||||
Donations and community investments | (1,736) | (1,750) | ||||||||||||||
Finance costs | (1,407) | (1,078) | ||||||||||||||
Other | 10,707 | 9,870 | ||||||||||||||
Income tax | (5,145) | (912) | ||||||||||||||
Total other | $ | (10,523) | $ | (191) | $ | 1,144,061 | ||||||||||
$ | 116,371 | $ | 171,103 | $ | 6,881,515 |
1) | Units of gold, silver and palladium produced and sold are reported in ounces, while cobalt is reported in pounds. All figures in thousands except gold and palladium ounces produced and sold and per unit amounts. |
2) | Quantity produced represents the amount of gold, silver, palladium and cobalt contained in concentrate or doré prior to smelting or refining deductions. Production figures are based on information provided by the operators of the mining operations to which the mineral stream interests relate or management estimates in those situations where other information is not available. Certain production figures may be updated in future periods as additional information is received. |
3) | Refer to discussion on non-IFRS measure (iii) at the end of this press release. |
4) | Comprised of the operating Coleman, Copper Cliff, Garson, Creighton and Totten gold interests as well as the non-operating Stobie and Victor gold interests. |
5) | Other gold interests are comprised of the operating Marmato gold interests as well as the non-operating Minto, 777, Copper World, Santo Domingo, Fenix, Blackwater, Marathon, Curipamba, Goose and Cangrejos gold interests. On June 22, 2022, Hudbay announced that mining activities at 777 have concluded and closure activities have commenced. On May 13, 2023, Minto announced the suspension of operations at the Minto mine. |
6) | Other silver interests comprised of the operating Los Filos, Zinkgruvan, Neves-Corvo, Aljustrel, Cozamin and Marmato silver interests, the non-operating Minto, 777, Loma de La Plata, Stratoni, Pascua-Lama, Copper World, Blackwater and Curipamba silver interests. On June 22, 2022, Hudbay announced that mining activities at 777 have concluded and closure activities have commenced. On May 13, 2023, Minto announced the suspension of operations at the Minto mine. On September 12, 2023, it was announced that the production of zinc and lead concentrates at Aljustrel will be halted from September 24, 2023 until the second quarter of 2025. |
7) | Cash cost per pound of cobalt sold during the third quarter of 2023 was net of a previously recorded inventory write-down of $0.1 million, resulting in a decrease of $0.51 per pound of cobalt sold. |
Comparative Results of Operations on a GEO Basis
Q3 2024 | Q3 2023 | Change | Change | ||||||||
GEO Production 1, 2 | 144,164 | 147,278 | (3,114) | (2.1) % | |||||||
GEO Sales 2 | 122,715 | 111,935 | 10,780 | 9.6 % | |||||||
Average price per GEO sold 2 | $ | 2,512 | $ | 1,993 | $ | 519 | 26.0 % | ||||
Revenue | $ | 308,253 | $ | 223,137 | $ | 85,116 | 38.1 % | ||||
Cost of sales, excluding depletion | $ | 55,310 | $ | 49,808 | $ | (5,502) | (11.0) % | ||||
Depletion | 55,530 | 46,435 | (9,095) | (19.6) % | |||||||
Cost of Sales | $ | 110,840 | $ | 96,243 | $ | (14,597) | (15.2) % | ||||
Gross Margin | $ | 197,413 | $ | 126,894 | $ | 70,519 | 55.6 % | ||||
General and administrative expenses | 9,488 | 8,606 | (882) | (10.2) % | |||||||
Share based compensation | 9,628 | 4,336 | (5,292) | (122.0) % | |||||||
Donations and community investments | 2,352 | 1,736 | (616) | (35.5) % | |||||||
Earnings from Operations | $ | 175,945 | $ | 112,216 | $ | 63,729 | 56.8 % | ||||
Other income (expense) | 7,605 | 10,707 | (3,102) | (29.0) % | |||||||
Earnings before finance costs and income taxes | $ | 183,550 | $ | 122,923 | $ | 60,627 | 49.3 % | ||||
Finance costs | 1,404 | 1,407 | 3 | 0.2 % | |||||||
Earnings before income taxes | $ | 182,146 | $ | 121,516 | $ | 60,630 | 49.9 % | ||||
Income tax expense | 27,511 | 5,145 | (22,366) | (434.7) % | |||||||
Net earnings | $ | 154,635 | $ | 116,371 | $ | 38,264 | 32.9 % |
1) | Quantity produced represents the amount of gold, silver, palladium and cobalt contained in concentrate or doré prior to smelting or refining deductions. Production figures are based on information provided by the operators of the mining operations to which the mineral stream interests relate or management estimates in those situations where other information is not available. Certain production figures may be updated in future periods as additional information is received. |
2) | GEOs, which are provided to assist the reader, are based on the following commodity price assumptions: $2,000 per ounce gold; $23.00 per ounce silver; $1,000 per ounce palladium; and $13.00 per pound cobalt; consistent with those used in estimating the Company's production guidance for 2024. |
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
Units Produced² | Units | Average | Average | Average | Sales | Net | Cash Flow | Total | ||||||||
Gold | ||||||||||||||||
Salobo | 187,536 | 169,904 | $ | 2,307 | $ | 425 | $ | 383 | $ | 391,973 | $ | 254,758 | $ | 322,761 | $ | 2,616,346 |
Sudbury 5 | 14,382 | 12,303 | 2,286 | 400 | 1,265 | 28,130 | 7,642 | 22,718 | 246,918 | |||||||
Constancia | 30,429 | 31,949 | 2,200 | 421 | 318 | 70,275 | 46,663 | 56,833 | 70,095 | |||||||
San Dimas | 21,513 | 21,756 | 2,296 | 634 | 286 | 49,950 | 29,941 | 36,156 | 138,507 | |||||||
Stillwater | 6,983 | 6,618 | 2,288 | 405 | 453 | 15,144 | 9,469 | 12,464 | 208,474 | |||||||
Other 6 | 1,855 | 2,509 | 2,347 | 293 | 1,056 | 5,888 | 2,504 | 5,153 | 901,880 | |||||||
262,698 | 245,039 | $ | 2,291 | $ | 440 | $ | 419 | $ | 561,360 | $ | 350,977 | $ | 456,085 | $ | 4,182,220 | |
Silver | ||||||||||||||||
Peñasquito | 6,691 | 4,988 | $ | 27.18 | $ | 4.50 | $ | 4.57 | $ | 135,578 | $ | 90,361 | $ | 113,132 | $ | 253,461 |
Antamina | 2,723 | 2,668 | 27.63 | 5.56 | 8.06 | 73,710 | 37,377 | 58,878 | 498,029 | |||||||
Constancia | 1,739 | 1,514 | 26.55 | 6.21 | 6.17 | 40,180 | 21,444 | 30,785 | 170,242 | |||||||
Other 7 | 3,930 | 2,595 | 28.37 | 4.29 | 4.51 | 73,630 | 50,785 | 60,026 | 645,485 | |||||||
15,083 | 11,765 | $ | 27.46 | $ | 4.91 | $ | 5.55 | $ | 323,098 | $ | 199,967 | $ | 262,821 | $ | 1,567,217 | |
Palladium | ||||||||||||||||
Stillwater | 12,835 | 12,836 | $ | 976 | $ | 177 | $ | 435 | $ | 12,531 | $ | 4,674 | $ | 10,259 | $ | 215,082 |
Platreef | - | - | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | - | - | - | 78,820 | |||||||
12,835 | 12,836 | $ | 976 | $ | 177 | $ | 435 | $ | 12,531 | $ | 4,674 | $ | 10,259 | $ | 293,902 | |
Platinum | ||||||||||||||||
Marathon | - | - | $ | n.a. | $ | n.a. | $ | n.a. | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 9,451 |
Platreef | - | - | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | - | - | - | 57,588 | |||||||
- | - | $ | n.a. | $ | n.a. | $ | n.a. | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 67,039 | |
Cobalt | ||||||||||||||||
Voisey's Bay | 896 | 485 | $ | 14.71 | $ | 2.84 | $ | 12.77 | $ | 7,134 | $ | (438) | $ | 9,407 | $ | 345,745 |
Operating results | $ | 904,123 | $ | 555,180 | $ | 738,572 | $ | 6,456,123 | ||||||||
Other | ||||||||||||||||
General and administrative | $ | (30,193) | $ | (31,134) | ||||||||||||
Share based compensation | (17,150) | (11,129) | ||||||||||||||
Donations and community investments | (4,626) | (4,185) | ||||||||||||||
Finance costs | (4,144) | (3,234) | ||||||||||||||
Other | 19,922 | 16,486 | ||||||||||||||
Income tax | (77,996) | 2,734 | ||||||||||||||
Total other | $ | (114,187) | $ | (30,462) | $ | 930,056 | ||||||||||
$ | 440,993 | $ | 708,110 | $ | 7,386,179 |
1) | Units of gold, silver and palladium produced and sold are reported in ounces, while cobalt is reported in pounds. All figures in thousands except gold and palladium ounces produced and sold and per unit amounts. |
2) | Quantity produced represents the amount of gold, silver, palladium and cobalt contained in concentrate or doré prior to smelting or refining deductions. Production figures are based on information provided by the operators of the mining operations to which the mineral stream interests relate or management estimates in those situations where other information is not available. Certain production figures may be updated in future periods as additional information is received. |
3) | Refer to discussion on non-IFRS measure (iii) at the end of this press release. |
4) | Includes the non-cash per ounce cost of sale associated with delay ounces. Please see the Company's MD&A for more information. |
5) | Comprised of the operating Coleman, Copper Cliff, Garson, Creighton and Totten gold interests and the non-operating Stobie and Victor gold interests. |
6) | Other gold interests comprised of the operating Marmato gold interest as well as the non-operating Minto, Copper World, Santo Domingo, Fenix, Blackwater, Curipamba, Marathon, Goose, Cangrejos, Platreef, Curraghinalt and Kudz Ze Kayah gold interests. Other includes ounces sold that were received under the delay ounce provisions of each of the Santo Domingo and Curipamba PMPAs. Please see the Company's MD&A for more information. |
7) | Other silver interests comprised of the operating Los Filos, Zinkgruvan, Neves-Corvo, Marmato and Cozamin silver interests as well as the non-operating Stratoni, Aljustrel, Minto, Pascua-Lama, Copper World, Navidad, Blackwater, Curipamba, Mineral Park and Kudz Ze Kayah silver interests. |
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
Units Produced² | Units | Average | Average | Average | Sales | Gain on Disposal 4 | Net | Cash Flow | Total | |||||||||
Gold | ||||||||||||||||||
Salobo | 167,526 | 126,440 | $ | 1,947 | $ | 420 | $ | 330 | $ | 246,219 | $ | - | $ | 151,287 | $ | 193,063 | $ | 2,341,485 |
Sudbury 5 | 15,878 | 13,979 | 1,953 | 400 | 1,087 | 27,295 | - | 6,512 | 21,420 | 268,224 | ||||||||
Constancia | 33,352 | 28,597 | 1,948 | 417 | 316 | 55,718 | - | 34,751 | 43,779 | 86,555 | ||||||||
San Dimas | 31,915 | 31,700 | 1,945 | 628 | 260 | 61,657 | - | 33,535 | 41,762 | 147,638 | ||||||||
Stillwater | 6,431 | 6,274 | 1,945 | 347 | 510 | 12,201 | - | 6,824 | 10,026 | 212,650 | ||||||||
Other 6 | 6,124 | 5,335 | 1,935 | 1,119 | 172 | 10,324 | - | 3,439 | 4,090 | 557,035 | ||||||||
261,226 | 212,325 | $ | 1,947 | $ | 465 | $ | 369 | $ | 413,414 | $ | - | $ | 236,348 | $ | 314,140 | $ | 3,613,587 | |
Silver | ||||||||||||||||||
Peñasquito | 3,820 | 3,849 | $ | 23.63 | $ | 4.43 | $ | 4.06 | $ | 90,967 | $ | - | $ | 58,268 | $ | 73,915 | $ | 278,028 |
Antamina | 2,750 | 2,571 | 23.65 | 4.69 | 7.06 | 60,812 | - | 30,625 | 48,765 | 527,227 | ||||||||
Constancia | 1,669 | 1,475 | 23.75 | 6.15 | 6.24 | 35,034 | - | 16,750 | 25,962 | 183,736 | ||||||||
Other 7 | 4,746 | 3,256 | 23.44 | 5.58 | 2.82 | 76,316 | 5,027 | 53,966 | 55,364 | 549,641 | ||||||||
12,985 | 11,151 | $ | 23.60 | $ | 5.05 | $ | 4.68 | $ | 263,129 | $ | 5,027 | $ | 159,609 | $ | 204,006 | $ | 1,538,632 | |
Palladium | ||||||||||||||||||
Stillwater | 11,591 | 10,580 | $ | 1,410 | $ | 255 | $ | 440 | $ | 14,922 | $ | - | $ | 7,565 | $ | 12,223 | $ | 222,154 |
Platinum | ||||||||||||||||||
Marathon | - | - | $ | n.a. | $ | n.a. | $ | n.a. | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 9,450 |
Cobalt | ||||||||||||||||||
Voisey's Bay | 458 | 786 | $ | 14.13 | $ | 3.36 ⁸ | $ | 13.63 | $ | 11,108 | $ | - | $ | (2,243) | $ | 13,056 | $ | 353,631 |
Operating results | $ | 702,573 | $ | 5,027 | $ | 401,279 | $ | 543,425 | $ | 5,737,454 | ||||||||
Other | ||||||||||||||||||
General and administrative | $ | (28,922) | $ | (29,702) | ||||||||||||||
Share based compensation | (16,217) | (16,675) | ||||||||||||||||
Donations and community investments | (5,054) | (4,896) | ||||||||||||||||
Finance costs | (4,138) | (3,147) | ||||||||||||||||
Other | 26,961 | 24,823 | ||||||||||||||||
Income tax | (4,700) | (5,244) | ||||||||||||||||
Total other | $ | (32,070) | $ | (34,841) | $ | 1,144,061 | ||||||||||||
$ | 369,209 | $ | 508,584 | $ | 6,881,515 |
1) | Units of gold, silver and palladium produced and sold are reported in ounces, while cobalt is reported in pounds. All figures in thousands except gold and palladium ounces produced and sold and per unit amounts. |
2) | Quantity produced represents the amount of gold, silver, palladium and cobalt contained in concentrate or doré prior to smelting or refining deductions. Production figures are based on information provided by the operators of the mining operations to which the mineral stream interests relate or management estimates in those situations where other information is not available. Certain production figures may be updated in future periods as additional information is received. |
3) | Refer to discussion on non-IFRS measure (iii) at the end of this press release. |
4) | The gain on disposal of Other silver interests relates to the gain on the buyback of 33% of the Goose PMPA. |
5) | Comprised of the operating Coleman, Copper Cliff, Garson, Creighton and Totten gold interests as well as the non-operating Stobie and Victor gold interests. |
6) | Other gold interests are comprised of the operating Marmato gold interests as well as the non-operating Minto, 777, Copper World, Santo Domingo, Fenix, Blackwater, Marathon, Curipamba, Goose and Cangrejos gold interests. On June 22, 2022, Hudbay announced that mining activities at 777 have concluded and closure activities have commenced. On May 13, 2023, Minto announced the suspension of operations at the Minto mine. |
7) | Other silver interests comprised of the operating Los Filos, Zinkgruvan, Neves-Corvo, Aljustrel, Cozamin and Marmato silver interests and the non-operating Minto, 777, Loma de La Plata, Stratoni, Pascua-Lama, Copper World, Blackwater and Curipamba silver interests. On June 22, 2022, Hudbay announced that mining activities at 777 have concluded and closure activities have commenced. On May 13, 2023, Minto announced the suspension of operations at the Minto mine. On September 12, 2023, it was announced that the production of zinc and lead concentrates at Aljustrel will be halted from September 24, 2023 until the second quarter of 2025. |
8) | Cash cost per pound of cobalt sold during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 was net of a previously recorded inventory write-down of $1.6 million, resulting in a decrease of $2.05 per pound of cobalt sold. |
Comparative Results of Operations on a GEO Basis
YTD 2024 | YTD 2023 | Change | Change | ||||||||
GEO Production 1, 2 | 448,388 | 419,330 | 29,058 | 6.9 % | |||||||
GEO Sales 2 | 389,907 | 350,961 | 38,946 | 11.1 % | |||||||
Average price per GEO sold 2 | $ | 2,319 | $ | 2,002 | $ | 317 | 15.8 % | ||||
Revenue | $ | 904,123 | $ | 702,573 | $ | 201,550 | 28.7 % | ||||
Cost of sales, excluding depletion | $ | 170,872 | $ | 160,413 | $ | (10,459) | (6.5) % | ||||
Depletion | 178,071 | 145,908 | (32,163) | (22.0) % | |||||||
Cost of Sales | $ | 348,943 | $ | 306,321 | $ | (42,622) | (13.9) % | ||||
Gross Margin | $ | 555,180 | $ | 396,252 | $ | 158,928 | 40.1 % | ||||
General and administrative expenses | 30,193 | 28,922 | (1,271) | (4.4) % | |||||||
Share based compensation | 17,150 | 16,217 | (933) | (5.8) % | |||||||
Donations and community investments | 4,626 | 5,054 | 428 | 8.5 % | |||||||
Earnings from Operations | $ | 503,211 | $ | 346,059 | $ | 157,152 | 45.4 % | ||||
Gain on disposal of mineral stream interests | - | 5,027 | (5,027) | (100.0) % | |||||||
Other income (expense) | 19,922 | 26,961 | (7,039) | (26.1) % | |||||||
Earnings before finance costs and income taxes | $ | 523,133 | $ | 378,047 | $ | 145,086 | 38.4 % | ||||
Finance costs | 4,144 | 4,138 | (6) | (0.1) % | |||||||
Earnings before income taxes | $ | 518,989 | $ | 373,909 | $ | 145,080 | 38.8 % | ||||
Income tax expense | 77,996 | 4,700 | (73,296) | (1,559.5) % | |||||||
Net earnings | $ | 440,993 | $ | 369,209 | $ | 71,784 | 19.4 % |
1) | Quantity produced represents the amount of gold, silver, palladium and cobalt contained in concentrate or doré prior to smelting or refining deductions. Production figures are based on information provided by the operators of the mining operations to which the mineral stream interests relate or management estimates in those situations where other information is not available. Certain production figures may be updated in future periods as additional information is received. |
2) | GEOs, which are provided to assist the reader, are based on the following commodity price assumptions: $2,000 per ounce gold; $23.00 per ounce silver; $1,000 per ounce palladium; and $13.00 per pound cobalt; consistent with those used in estimating the Company's production guidance for 2024. |
Non-IFRS Measures
Wheaton has included, throughout this document, certain non-IFRS performance measures, including (i) adjusted net earnings and adjusted net earnings per share; (ii) operating cash flow per share (basic and diluted); (iii) average cash costs of gold, silver and palladium on a per ounce basis and cobalt on a per pound basis; and (iv) cash operating margin.
i. | Adjusted net earnings and adjusted net earnings per share are calculated by removing the effects of non-cash impairment charges (reversals) (if any), non-cash fair value (gains) losses and other one-time (income) expenses as well as the reversal of non-cash income tax expense (recovery) which is offset by income tax expense (recovery) recognized in the Statements of Shareholders' Equity and OCI, respectively. The Company believes that, in addition to conventional measures prepared in accordance with IFRS, management and certain investors use this information to evaluate the Company's performance. |
The following table provides a reconciliation of adjusted net earnings and adjusted net earnings per share (basic and diluted). | |
Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||
(in thousands, except for per share amounts) | 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||
Net earnings | $ | 154,635 | $ | 116,371 | $ | 440,993 | $ | 369,209 | ||||
Add back (deduct): | ||||||||||||
Gain on disposal of Mineral Stream Interest | - | - | - | (5,027) | ||||||||
(Gain) loss on fair value adjustment of share purchase warrants held | (523) | 143 | (903) | 248 | ||||||||
Deferred income tax (expense) recovery recognized in the Statement of OCI | (1,134) | 5,115 | 1,632 | 7,205 | ||||||||
Income tax recovery related to prior year disposal of Mineral Stream Interest | - | - | - | (2,672) | ||||||||
Other | (175) | (162) | (521) | (482) | ||||||||
Adjusted net earnings | $ | 152,803 | $ | 121,467 | $ | 441,201 | $ | 368,481 | ||||
Divided by: | ||||||||||||
Basic weighted average number of shares outstanding | 453,641 | 452,975 | 453,389 | 452,748 | ||||||||
Diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding | 454,302 | 453,538 | 454,037 | 453,419 | ||||||||
Equals: | ||||||||||||
Adjusted earnings per share - basic | $ | 0.337 | $ | 0.268 | $ | 0.973 | $ | 0.814 | ||||
Adjusted earnings per share - diluted | $ | 0.336 | $ | 0.268 | $ | 0.972 | $ | 0.813 |
ii. | Operating cash flow per share (basic and diluted) is calculated by dividing cash generated by operating activities by the weighted average number of shares outstanding (basic and diluted). The Company presents operating cash flow per share as management and certain investors use this information to evaluate the Company's performance in comparison to other companies in the precious metal mining industry who present results on a similar basis. |
The following table provides a reconciliation of operating cash flow per share (basic and diluted). | |
Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||
(in thousands, except for per share amounts) | 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||
Cash generated by operating activities | $ | 254,337 | $ | 171,103 | $ | 708,110 | $ | 508,584 | ||||
Divided by: | ||||||||||||
Basic weighted average number of shares outstanding | 453,641 | 452,975 | 453,389 | 452,748 | ||||||||
Diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding | 454,302 | 453,538 | 454,037 | 453,419 | ||||||||
Equals: | ||||||||||||
Operating cash flow per share - basic | $ | 0.561 | $ | 0.378 | $ | 1.562 | $ | 1.123 | ||||
Operating cash flow per share - diluted | $ | 0.560 | $ | 0.377 | $ | 1.560 | $ | 1.122 |
iii. | Average cash cost of gold, silver and palladium on a per ounce basis and cobalt on a per pound basis is calculated by dividing the total cost of sales, less depletion and cost of sales related to delay ounces, by the ounces or pounds sold. In the precious metal mining industry, this is a common performance measure but does not have any standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS. In addition to conventional measures prepared in accordance with IFRS, management and certain investors use this information to evaluate the Company's performance and ability to generate cash flow. | |
The following table provides a calculation of average cash cost of gold, silver and palladium on a per ounce basis and cobalt on a per pound basis. | ||
Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||
(in thousands, except for gold and palladium ounces sold and per unit amounts) | 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||
Cost of sales | $ | 110,840 | $ | 96,243 | $ | 348,943 | $ | 306,321 | ||||
Less: depletion | (55,530) | (46,435) | (178,071) | (145,908) | ||||||||
Less: cost of sales related to delay ounces 1 | (1,698) | - | (1,698) | - | ||||||||
Cash cost of sales | $ | 53,612 | $ | 49,808 | $ | 169,174 | $ | 160,413 | ||||
Cash cost of sales is comprised of: | ||||||||||||
Total cash cost of gold sold | $ | 33,287 | $ | 33,014 | $ | 107,715 | $ | 98,724 | ||||
Total cash cost of silver sold | 19,485 | 15,121 | 57,811 | 56,351 | ||||||||
Total cash cost of palladium sold | 650 | 946 | 2,272 | 2,699 | ||||||||
Total cash cost of cobalt sold 2 | 190 | 727 | 1,376 | 2,639 | ||||||||
Total cash cost of sales | $ | 53,612 | $ | 49,808 | $ | 169,174 | $ | 160,413 | ||||
Divided by: | ||||||||||||
Total gold ounces sold | 75,694 | 74,426 | 245,039 | 212,325 | ||||||||
Total silver ounces sold | 3,875 | 2,965 | 11,765 | 11,151 | ||||||||
Total palladium ounces sold | 3,761 | 4,242 | 12,836 | 10,580 | ||||||||
Total cobalt pounds sold | 88 | 198 | 485 | 786 | ||||||||
Equals: | ||||||||||||
Average cash cost of gold (per ounce) | $ | 440 | $ | 444 | $ | 440 | $ | 465 | ||||
Average cash cost of silver (per ounce) | $ | 5.03 | $ | 5.10 | $ | 4.91 | $ | 5.05 | ||||
Average cash cost of palladium (per ounce) | $ | 173 | $ | 223 | $ | 177 | $ | 255 | ||||
Average cash cost of cobalt (per pound) | $ | 2.15 | $ | 3.66 | $ | 2.84 | $ | 3.36 |
1) | The cost of sales related to delay ounces is a non-cash expense. Please see the Company's MD&A for more information. |
2) | Cash cost per pound of cobalt sold during the third quarter of 2023 was net of a previously recorded inventory write-down of $0.1 million (nine months - $1.6 million), resulting in a decrease of $0.51 per pound of cobalt sold (nine months - $2.05 per pound of cobalt sold). |
iv. | Cash operating margin is calculated by adding back depletion and the cost of sales related to delay ounces to the gross margin. Cash operating margin on a per ounce or per pound basis is calculated by dividing the cash operating margin by the number of ounces or pounds sold during the period. The Company presents cash operating margin as management and certain investors use this information to evaluate the Company's performance in comparison to other companies in the precious metal mining industry who present results on a similar basis as well as to evaluate the Company's ability to generate cash flow. |
The following table provides a reconciliation of cash operating margin. | |
Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||
(in thousands, except for gold and palladium ounces sold and per unit amounts) | 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||
Gross margin | $ | 197,413 | $ | 126,894 | $ | 555,180 | $ | 396,252 | ||||
Add back: depletion | 55,530 | 46,435 | 178,071 | 145,908 | ||||||||
Add back: cost of sales related to delay ounces 1 | 1,698 | - | 1,698 | - | ||||||||
Cash operating margin | $ | 254,641 | $ | 173,329 | $ | 734,949 | $ | 542,160 | ||||
Cash operating margin is comprised of: | ||||||||||||
Total cash operating margin of gold sold | $ | 155,234 | $ | 111,693 | $ | 453,645 | $ | 314,690 | ||||
Total cash operating margin of silver sold | 95,664 | 55,251 | 265,287 | 206,778 | ||||||||
Total cash operating margin of palladium sold | 2,994 | 4,361 | 10,259 | 12,223 | ||||||||
Total cash operating margin of cobalt sold | 749 | 2,024 | 5,758 | 8,469 | ||||||||
Total cash operating margin | $ | 254,641 | $ | 173,329 | $ | 734,949 | $ | 542,160 | ||||
Divided by: | ||||||||||||
Total gold ounces sold | 75,694 | 74,426 | 245,039 | 212,325 | ||||||||
Total silver ounces sold | 3,875 | 2,965 | 11,765 | 11,151 | ||||||||
Total palladium ounces sold | 3,761 | 4,242 | 12,836 | 10,580 | ||||||||
Total cobalt pounds sold | 88 | 198 | 485 | 786 | ||||||||
Equals: | ||||||||||||
Cash operating margin per gold ounce sold | $ | 2,051 | $ | 1,500 | $ | 1,851 | $ | 1,482 | ||||
Cash operating margin per silver ounce sold | $ | 24.68 | $ | 18.63 | $ | 22.55 | $ | 18.55 | ||||
Cash operating margin per palladium ounce sold | $ | 796 | $ | 1,028 | $ | 799 | $ | 1,155 | ||||
Cash operating margin per cobalt pound sold | $ | 8.50 | $ | 10.21 | $ | 11.87 | $ | 10.77 |
1) The cost of sales related to delay ounces is a non-cash expense. Please see the Company's MD&A for more information. |
These non-IFRS measures do not have any standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS, and other companies may calculate these measures differently. The presentation of these non-IFRS measures is intended to provide additional information and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS. For more detailed information, please refer to Wheaton's MD&A available on the Company's website at www.wheatonpm.com and posted on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca .
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press 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 applicable Canadian securities legislation concerning the business, operations and financial performance of Wheaton and, in some instances, the business, mining operations and performance of Wheaton's PMPA counterparties. Forward-looking statements, which are all statements other than statements of historical fact, include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to:
- payment by the Company of $625 million to Montage and the satisfaction of each party's obligations in accordance with the Koné Gold PMPA;
- the receipt by the Company of gold production in respect of the Koné Gold Project;
- the advance by the Company, and the repayment by Montage, of up to $75 million to Montage in connection with the Facility;
- payment by the Company of $125 million to Rio2 and the satisfaction of each party's obligations in accordance with the Fenix PMPA (as amended);
- the receipt by the Company of gold production in respect of the Fenix Gold Project;
- the advance by the Company, and the repayment by Rio2, of up to $20 million to Rio2 in connection with the Rio2 standby loan facility;
- the future price of commodities;
- the estimation of future production from the mineral stream interests and mineral royalty interests currently owned by the Company (the "Mining Operations") (including in the estimation of production, mill throughput, grades, recoveries and exploration potential);
- the estimation of mineral reserves and mineral resources (including the estimation of reserve conversion rates and the realization of such estimations);
- the commencement, timing and achievement of construction, expansion or improvement projects by Wheaton's PMPA counterparties at Mining Operations;
- the payment of upfront cash consideration to counterparties under PMPAs, the satisfaction of each party's obligations in accordance with PMPAs and the receipt by the Company of precious metals and cobalt production or other payments in respect of the applicable Mining Operations under PMPAs;
- the ability of Wheaton's PMPA counterparties to comply with the terms of a PMPA (including as a result of the business, mining operations and performance of Wheaton's PMPA counterparties) and the potential impacts of such on Wheaton;
- future payments by the Company in accordance with PMPAs, including any acceleration of payments;
- the costs of future production;
- the estimation of produced but not yet delivered ounces;
- the future sales of Common Shares under, the amount of net proceeds from, and the use of the net proceeds from, the at-the-market equity program;
- continued listing of the Common Shares on the LSE, NYSE and TSX;
- any statements as to future dividends;
- the ability to fund outstanding commitments and the ability to continue to acquire accretive PMPAs;
- projected increases to Wheaton's production and cash flow profile;
- projected changes to Wheaton's production mix;
- the ability of Wheaton's PMPA counterparties to comply with the terms of any other obligations under agreements with the Company;
- the ability to sell precious metals and cobalt production;
- confidence in the Company's business structure;
- the Company's assessment of taxes payable, including taxes payable under the GMT, and the impact of the CRA Settlement, and the Company's ability to pay its taxes;
- possible CRA domestic audits for taxation years subsequent to 2016 and international audits;
- the Company's assessment of the impact of any tax reassessments;
- the Company's intention to file future tax returns in a manner consistent with the CRA Settlement;
- the Company's climate change and environmental commitments; and
- assessments of the impact and resolution of various legal and tax matters, including but not limited to audits.
Generally, these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "projects", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", "potential", or variations of such words and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved". Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of Wheaton to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to:
- risks relating to the satisfaction of each party's obligations in accordance with the terms of the Koné Gold PMPA;
- risks relating to the satisfaction of each party's obligations in accordance with the terms of the Facility;
- risks relating to the satisfaction of each party's obligations in accordance with the terms of the Fenix PMPA;
- risks relating to the satisfaction of each party's obligations in accordance with the terms of the Rio2 standby loan facility;
- risks associated with fluctuations in the price of commodities (including Wheaton's ability to sell its precious metals or cobalt production at acceptable prices or at all);
- risks related to the Mining Operations (including fluctuations in the price of the primary or other commodities mined at such operations, regulatory, political and other risks of the jurisdictions in which the Mining Operations are located, actual results of mining, risks associated with exploration, development, operating, expansion and improvement at the Mining Operations, environmental and economic risks of the Mining Operations, and changes in project parameters as Mining Operations plans continue to be refined);
- absence of control over the Mining Operations and having to rely on the accuracy of the public disclosure and other information Wheaton receives from the owners and operators of the Mining Operations as the basis for its analyses, forecasts and assessments relating to its own business;
- risks related to the uncertainty in the accuracy of mineral reserve and mineral resource estimation;
- risks related to the satisfaction of each party's obligations in accordance with the terms of the Company's PMPAs, including the ability of the companies with which the Company has PMPAs to perform their obligations under those PMPAs in the event of a material adverse effect on the results of operations, financial condition, cash flows or business of such companies, any acceleration of payments, estimated throughput and exploration potential;
- risks relating to production estimates from Mining Operations, including anticipated timing of the commencement of production by certain Mining Operations;
- Wheaton's interpretation of, or compliance with, or application of, tax laws and regulations or accounting policies and rules, being found to be incorrect or the tax impact to the Company's business operations being materially different than currently contemplated, , or the ability of the Company to pay such taxes as and when due;
- any challenge or reassessment by the CRA of the Company's tax filings being successful and the potential negative impact to the Company's previous and future tax filings;
- risks in assessing the impact of the CRA Settlement (including whether there will be any material change in the Company's facts or change in law or jurisprudence);
- risks related to any potential amendments to Canada's transfer pricing rules under the Income Tax Act ( Canada ) that may result from the Department of Finance's consultation paper released June 6, 2023 ;
- risks relating to Wheaton's interpretation of, compliance with, or application of the GMT, including Canada's GMTA and the legislation enacted in Luxembourg , that applies to the income of the Company's subsidiaries for fiscal years beginning on or after December 31, 2023 ;
- counterparty credit and liquidity risks;
- mine operator and counterparty concentration risks;
- indebtedness and guarantees risks;
- hedging risk;
- competition in the streaming industry risk;
- risks relating to security over underlying assets;
- risks relating to third-party PMPAs;
- risks relating to revenue from royalty interests;
- risks related to Wheaton's acquisition strategy;
- risks relating to third-party rights under PMPAs;
- risks relating to future financings and security issuances;
- risks relating to unknown defects and impairments;
- risks related to governmental regulations;
- risks related to international operations of Wheaton and the Mining Operations;
- risks relating to exploration, development, operating, expansions and improvements at the Mining Operations;
- risks related to environmental regulations;
- the ability of Wheaton and the Mining Operations to obtain and maintain necessary licenses, permits, approvals and rulings;
- the ability of Wheaton and the Mining Operations to comply with applicable laws, regulations and permitting requirements;
- lack of suitable supplies, infrastructure and employees to support the Mining Operations;
- risks related to underinsured Mining Operations;
- inability to replace and expand mineral reserves, including anticipated timing of the commencement of production by certain Mining Operations (including increases in production, estimated grades and recoveries);
- uncertainties related to title and indigenous rights with respect to the mineral properties of the Mining Operations;
- the ability of Wheaton and the Mining Operations to obtain adequate financing;
- the ability of the Mining Operations to complete permitting, construction, development and expansion;
- challenges related to global financial conditions;
- risks associated with environmental, social and governance matters;
- risks related to fluctuations in commodity prices of metals produced from the Mining Operations other than precious metals or cobalt;
- risks related to claims and legal proceedings against Wheaton or the Mining Operations;
- risks related to the market price of the Common Shares of Wheaton;
- the ability of Wheaton and the Mining Operations to retain key management employees or procure the services of skilled and experienced personnel;
- risks related to interest rates;
- risks related to the declaration, timing and payment of dividends;
- risks related to access to confidential information regarding Mining Operations;
- risks associated with multiple listings of the Common Shares on the LSE, NYSE and TSX;
- risks associated with a possible suspension of trading of Common Shares;
- risks associated with the sale of Common Shares under the at-the-market equity program, including the amount of any net proceeds from such offering of Common Shares and the use of any such proceeds;
- equity price risks related to Wheaton's holding of long‑term investments in other companies;
- risks relating to activist shareholders;
- risks relating to reputational damage;
- risks relating to expression of views by industry analysts;
- risks related to the impacts of climate change and the transition to a low-carbon economy;
- risks associated with the ability to achieve climate change and environmental commitments at Wheaton and at the Mining Operations;
- risks related to ensuring the security and safety of information systems, including cyber security risks;
- risks relating to generative artificial intelligence;
- risks relating to compliance with anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws;
- risks relating to corporate governance and public disclosure compliance;
- risks of significant impacts on Wheaton or the Mining Operations as a result of an epidemic or pandemic;
- risks related to the adequacy of internal control over financial reporting; and
- other risks discussed in the section entitled "Description of the Business – Risk Factors" in Wheaton's Annual Information Form available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca and Wheaton's Form 40-F for the year ended December 31, 2022 on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on EDGAR (the "Disclosure").
Forward-looking statements are based on assumptions management currently believes to be reasonable, including (without limitation):
- the payment of $625 million to Montage and the satisfaction of each party's obligations in accordance with the terms of the Koné Gold PMPA;
- the advance by the Company of up to $75 million to Montage in connection with the Facility and the receipt by the Company of all amounts owing under the Facility, including, but not limited to, interest;
- the payment of $125 million to Rio2 and the satisfaction of each party's obligations in accordance with the terms of the Fenix PMPA;
- the advance by the Company of up to $20 million to Rio2 in connection with the Rio2 standby loan facility and the receipt by WPMI of all amounts owing under the Rio2 standby loan facility, including, but not limited to, interest;
- that there will be no material adverse change in the market price of commodities;
- that the Mining Operations will continue to operate and the mining projects will be completed in accordance with public statements and achieve their stated production estimates;
- that the mineral reserves and mineral resource estimates from Mining Operations (including reserve conversion rates) are accurate;
- that public disclosure and other information Wheaton receives from the owners and operators of the Mining Operations is accurate and complete;
- that the production estimates from Mining Operations are accurate;
- that each party will satisfy their obligations in accordance with the PMPAs;
- that Wheaton will continue to be able to fund or obtain funding for outstanding commitments;
- that Wheaton will be able to source and obtain accretive PMPAs;
- that the terms and conditions of a PMPA are sufficient to recover liabilities owed to the Company;
- that Wheaton has fully considered the value and impact of any third-party interests in PMPAs;
- that expectations regarding the resolution of legal and tax matters will be achieved (including CRA audits involving the Company);
- that Wheaton has properly considered the application of Canadian tax laws to its structure and operations and that Wheaton will be able to pay taxes when due;
- that Wheaton has filed its tax returns and paid applicable taxes in compliance with Canadian tax laws;
- that Wheaton's application of the CRA Settlement is accurate (including the Company's assessment that there has been no material change in the Company's facts or change in law or jurisprudence);
- that Wheaton's assessment of the tax exposure and impact on the Company and its subsidiaries of the implementation of a 15% global minimum tax is accurate;
- that any sale of Common Shares under the at-the-market equity program will not have a significant impact on the market price of the Common Shares and that the net proceeds of sales of Common Shares, if any, will be used as anticipated;
- that the trading of the Common Shares will not be adversely affected by the differences in liquidity, settlement and clearing systems as a result of multiple listings of the Common Shares on the LSE, the TSX and the NYSE;
- that the trading of the Company's Common Shares will not be suspended;
- the estimate of the recoverable amount for any PMPA with an indicator of impairment;
- that neither Wheaton nor the Mining Operations will suffer significant impacts as a result of an epidemic or pandemic; and
- such other assumptions and factors as set out in the Disclosure.
There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate and even if events or results described in the forward-looking statements are realized or substantially realized, there can be no assurance that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on, Wheaton. Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and are cautioned that actual outcomes may vary. The forward-looking statements included herein are for the purpose of providing readers with information to assist them in understanding Wheaton's expected financial and operational performance and may not be appropriate for other purposes. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, reflects Wheaton's management's current beliefs based on current information and will not be updated except in accordance with applicable securities laws. Although Wheaton has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from those contained in forward‑looking statements, there may be other factors that cause results, level of activity, performance or achievements not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended.
Cautionary Language Regarding Reserves and Resources
For further information on Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources and on Wheaton more generally, readers should refer to Wheaton's Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2023 , which was filed on March 28, 2024 and other continuous disclosure documents filed by Wheaton since January 1, 2024 , available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca . Wheaton's Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources are subject to the qualifications and notes set forth therein. Mineral Resources, which are not Mineral Reserves, do not have demonstrated economic viability.
Cautionary Note to United States Investors Concerning Estimates of Measured, Indicated and Inferred Resources: The information contained herein has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the securities laws in effect in Canada , which differ from the requirements of United States securities laws. The Company reports information regarding mineral properties, mineralization and estimates of mineral reserves and mineral resources in accordance with Canadian reporting requirements which are governed by, and utilize definitions required by, Canadian National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101") and the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (the "CIM") – CIM Definition Standards on Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves, adopted by the CIM Council, as amended (the "CIM Standards"). These definitions differ from the definitions adopted by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") which are applicable to U.S. companies. Accordingly, there is no assurance any mineral reserves or mineral resources that the Company may report as "proven mineral reserves", "probable mineral reserves", "measured mineral resources", "indicated mineral resources" and "inferred mineral resources" under NI 43-101 would be the same had the Company prepared the reserve or resource estimates under the standards adopted by the SEC. Accordingly, information contained herein that describes Wheaton's mineral deposits may not be comparable to similar information made public by U.S. companies subject to reporting and disclosure requirements under the United States federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder. United States investors are urged to consider closely the disclosure in Wheaton's Form 40-F, a copy of which may be obtained from Wheaton or from https://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml .
End Notes
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1 Please refer to disclosure on non-IFRS measures in this press release. Dividends declared in the referenced calendar quarter, relative to the financial results of the prior quarter. Details of the dividend can be found in the Wheaton's news release dated November 7, 2024, titled "Wheaton Precious Metals Declares Quarterly Dividend." |
2 Statements made in this section contain forward-looking information with respect to forecast production, production growth, funding outstanding commitments, continuing to acquire accretive mineral stream interests and the commencement, timing and achievement of construction, expansion or improvement projects and readers are cautioned that actual outcomes may vary. Please see "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" for material risks, assumptions and important disclosure associated with this information. |
3 Gold equivalent forecast production for 2024 and the longer-term outlook are based on the following commodity price assumptions: $2,000 per ounce gold, $23 per ounce silver, $1,000 per ounce palladium, $950 per ounce of platinum and $13.00 per pound cobalt. |
4 Source: Company reports & S and P Capital IQ estimates of 2024 byproduct cost curves for gold, zinc/lead, copper, PGM, nickel & silver mines. Portfolio mine life based on recoverable reserves and resources as of Dec 31, 2023 and 2023 actual mill throughput and is weighted by individual reserve and resource category. |
5 Total streaming and royalty agreements relate to precious metals purchase agreements for the purchase of precious metals and cobalt relating to 18 mining assets which are currently operating, 24 which are at various stages of development and 4 of which have been placed in care and maintenance or have been closed. |
6 Further details for long-term guidance can be found in the Wheaton news release dated March 14, 2024, titled "Wheaton Precious Metals Announces Solid 2023 Annual Results and Transition to Progressive Dividend Policy". Additionally, neither of the transactions announced in 2024 have been factored into long-term guidance including the new stream relative to the Koné Project, and the stream amendment relative to the Fenix Project. |
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Kinross Highlights Record Free Cashflow in Q3, Set to Meet Guidance
Kinross Gold (TSX:K,NYSE:KGC) reported its Q3 results on Tuesday (November 5), highlighting record free cashflow supported by debt reduction and key developments at its operatios.
The miner outlined quarterly production of 564,106 gold equivalent ounces, a year-on-year decline of 4 percent. According to the company, the decrease was largely due to planned lower output at certain mines.
The average realized gold price recorded by Kinross in Q3 was US$2,477 per ounce, up substantially from US$1,929 in Q3 2023. Notably, the firm's margins rose to US$1,501 per gold equivalent ounce sold.
Operating cashflow came to US$733.5 million, while attributable free cashflow reached a record of US$414.6 million. On a year-to-date basis, Kinross' attributable free cashflow stands at US$905.8 million.
Net earnings more than tripled to come in at US$355.3 million, or US$0.29 per share.
In a press release, Kinross CEO J. Paul Rollinson emphasized that because of the company’s operational and financial resilience, it remains on track to meet its annual production and cost guidance.
“We remain heavily focused on consistent operational performance, cost control, capital discipline and delivering on planned grades to generate value for our shareholders,” he added.
Additionally, Rollinson highlighted the company’s strengthened balance sheet through a significant reduction in its outstanding term loan balance, with US$650 million repaid on the US$1 billion loan in 2024.
Kinross highlights Q3 operational success
Kinross’ third quarter operational highlights include strong performances at several mines.
Tasiast, a mine located in Central-Western Mauritania, achieved high throughput rates and remains one of the company’s lowest-cost assets despite higher royalty costs due to the elevated gold price.
Meanwhile, Fort Knox in Alaska benefited from the start of production at the Manh Choh project, resulting in record grade and recovery levels, which significantly boosted cashflow. At the Paracatu mine in Brazil, production rose due to higher grades, though year-on-year output was lower due to mine sequencing.
The company also said it made substantial progress on its exploration and development initiatives, releasing a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for the Great Bear project in September.
The PEA projects annual production of over 500,000 ounces with all-in sustaining costs around US$800 per ounce for the first eight years, supporting Kinross’ expectations of a high-margin, top-tier operation.
Exploration drilling at Round Mountain and Curlew is ongoing, with promising grades and widths reported, while the closure plan for Kinross' advanced exploration program at Great Bear is under review by the Ontario Ministry of Mines, with early works construction expected to begin in the near term.
Kinross notes that as part of its dividend program, it has declared a dividend of US$0.03 per common share payable on December 12, 2024, to shareholders of record as of November 28, 2024.
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Securities Disclosure: I, Giann Liguid, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article.
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