Barrick On Track to Achieve 2024 Targets
TORONTO, April 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:GOLD)(TSX:ABX) ("Barrick" or the "Company") today reported preliminary Q1 production of 940 thousand ounces of gold and 40 thousand tonnes of copper, as well as preliminary Q1 sales of 910 thousand ounces of gold and 39 thousand tonnes of copper. As previously guided, Barrick’s gold and copper production in 2024 is expected to progressively increase each quarter through the year, with the Pueblo Viejo plant expansion ramping up from Q2 and the Porgera mine restart continuing in line with plans. We remain on track to achieve our full year gold and copper guidance.
- C1 cash costs per pound and all-in sustaining costs per pound are non-GAAP financial measures related to our copper mine operations.
- C1 cash costs per pound excludes royalties and production taxes and non-routine charges as they are not direct production costs.
- Barrick will provide a full reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures when the Company reports its quarterly results on May 1, 2024.
- Barrick will provide additional discussion and analysis and other important information about its first quarter production levels, sales and associated costs when it reports actual results on May 1, 2024.