RE:RE:Reasons for Island Gold production decrease
I found the presentation slides related to Island Gold, which also had table with stats. Based on the reasons stated are:
• Lower production reflecting lower grades and mill throughput
• Lower mill throughput reflected ore handling challenges on surface with colder weather resulting in freezing in
ore bins
• Grades expected to increase through the remainder of the year, driving production higher and costs lower
• On track to achieve full year guidance
The actual ore mill was about the same, but the grade was about half as bad. The lower grade ore was still about 8g/t, so pretty good. The previous Q1 probably just had weirdly amazing grade of 13g/t.