Pretium Resources Inc (NYSE: PVG) stock surged over 17.9% on April 11th, 2018 (as of 12:22 PM GMT-4; Source: Google finance) driven by their Brucejack Mine production update.
For the First Quarter of 2018, the mine produced 75,689 ounces of gold with 96.8% gold recovery rate. They have milled 261,443 tonnes of ore and 2,905 tonnes per day. They delivered 10.9 grams per tonne gold mill feed grade for March with an average 9.1 grams per tonne gold mill feed grade for the quarter.
The group reported a ready Gold production through the first quarter, with 32,910 ounces produced in March. The group’s successful implementation of a number of operational improvement initiatives. Their grade control program has now been fully integrated into their mining process and the rate of underground development has enhanced to offer for further stopes in their inventory. The group focused on an ongoing to enhance grade to the mill in Q2, while they are on remain on track to deliver on their first half of 2018 production guidance of 150,000 to 200,000 ounces of gold at AISC of $900-$700 per ounce of gold. They are building on their healthy cash position, and expect to achieve steady-state production by mid-to-late 2018
The grade control program is a data-driven and iterative process that is being used to optimize stope shapes leading to a reduced dilution and optimized grade to the mill. The program comprises drilling, sampling and local modeling with a better short-term grade prediction. March production results reflect the first impact of grade control integrated into the mining process during the month. In the second quarter, the gold production results are forecast to continue to a better with the full integration of the grade control program.
The absence of operational grade control and limited stope optionality contributed to low gold production for the month of January. The Gold production has subsequently rose mainly in February with stopes planned for the fourth quarter 2017 and other higher-grade stopes coming online.
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