Established gold producer
Austral Gold Ltd. advises that although the high-pressure grinding roll equipment was initially expected to be operational at the Company's Heap Reprocessing Project in May 2024, as reported in Q1 2024, repairs have taken longer than anticipated. Consequently, the installation of the equipment is now projected to occur near the end of June 2024. Due to this delay, production for Q2 2024 has been lower than expected, leading to a revision of production guidance for 2024 from 24,000-28,000 gold equivalent ounces to 18,000-20,000 GEOs. To address the cash shortfall resulting from reduced production, during Q2 2024 the Company sold a portion of its minority equity investments in public mining companies, generating proceeds of US$2.27M. Additionally, the ...