Perth, Australia (FSCwire) - Centamin announces preliminary production results for the second quarter and six months ended 30 June 2018 from its Sukari Gold Mine ("Sukari") in Egypt.

 

			3 months ended 30 June			6 months ended 30 June
		units	Q2 2018	Q2 2017		H1 2018	H1 2017
Safety
Group LTIFR		200,000 hours	0.00	0.00		0.06	0.26
Open pit mining
Total material mined		kt	18,415	17,493		36,911	34,622
Ore mined(1)		kt	5,532	3,060		11,578	5,538
Ore grade mined		g/t Au	0.51	0.76		0.50	0.63
Ore grade milled		g/t Au	0.59	0.81		0.64	0.77
Strip ratio		waste/ore	2.33	4.72		2.19	5.25
Underground mining
Ore mined from stoping		kt	180	174		340	327
Ore mined from development		kt	109	119		261	218
Ore grade mined		g/t Au	4.62	8.79		5.48	8.16
Processing
Ore processed		kt	3,172	3,056		6,240	5,964
Head grade		g/t Au	0.99	1.44		1.15	1.37
Gold recovery		%	87.3	86.7		88.6	87.7
Gold produced - dump leach		oz	3,028	1,738		5,183	3,786
Total gold production(2)		oz	92,803	124,641		217,099	233,828

(1)   Ore mined includes 3.6Mt at 0.42g/t delivered to the dump leach in Q2 2018;

(2)   Gold produced is gold poured and does not include gold-in-circuit at period end.

 

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For further information, please visit www.centamin.com or contact:

Centamin plc Andrew Pardey, Chief Executive Officer Alexandra Carse, Investor Relations +44 (0) 7700 713 738 alexandra.carse@centamin.je

Buchanan Communications Bobby Morse Chris Judd + 44 (0) 20 7466 5000 centamin@buchanan.uk.com

 

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