Mr. Bradford Cooke reports
ENDEAVOUR SILVER PRODUCES 1,669,609 OZ SILVER AND 15,131 OZ GOLD (2.6 MILLION OZ SILVER EQUIVALENTS) IN THE SECOND QUARTER, 2014
Endeavour Silver Corp. has released strong silver and gold production results in the second quarter of 2014, trending ahead of guidance year to date. The company owns and operates three silver-gold mines in Mexico: the Guanacevi mine in Durango state and the Bolanitos and El Cubo mines in Guanajuato state.
Silver production in the second quarter, 2014 was up 9 per cent to 1,669,609 ounces, while gold production was down 24 per cent to 15,136 ounces compared with the second quarter of 2013. Silver equivalent production fell 6 per cent to 2.6 million ounces using a 60:1 silver:gold ratio.
Production highlights for second quarter 2014 (compared with second quarter 2013)
- Silver production increased 9 per cent to 1,669,609 ounces.
- Gold production decreased 24 per cent to 15,136 ounces.
- Silver equivalent production decreased 6 per cent to 2.6 million ounces (at a 60:1
silver: gold ratio).
- Silver ounces were sold down 1 per cent to 1,774,306 ounces.
- Gold ounces sold were down 42 per cent to 14,688 ounces.
- Bullion inventory at quarter-end included 119,866 ounces silver and 272 ounces gold.
- Concentrate inventory at quarter-end included 86,724 ounces silver and 1,266
ounces gold.
Endeavour chief executive officer Bradford Cooke commented: "Our second quarter silver production improved year on year but pulled back from the outperformance of our first quarter production, closer to our plan for 2014. Quarterly gold production was lower compared to last year primarily due to the overproduction of the Bolanitos mine in 2013. Production remains ahead of guidance year to date, and safety remains our top priority.
"With all three mines performing well, we turned our focus in second quarter 2014 back to exploration. We now have a total of 12 drill rigs working at the three mines plus our emerging new high-grade silver-gold discovery on the San Sebastian property."
At Guanacevi, higher silver grades and higher recoveries related to ore from the Porvenir Cuatro mine helped deliver a significant production increase compared to the second quarter 2013.
At Bolanitos, the mine continued to operate at plant capacity in the second quarter 2014. Gold grades continued to exceed estimated reserve grades. In 2013, excess ore from the mine was processed at El Cubo facilities but in 2014, management is focused on ramping up ore production at El Cubo to fill its own plant to capacity by year-end.
At El Cubo, production grades improved in the second quarter 2014, but mine output declined due to development initiatives, part closure of the mine subsequent to the fatality reported April 9, and the company initiatives to reimplement programs of safe practices in the workplace and retrain the entire work force. Management continues to focus on accelerated mine development and training needed in order to make the performance progress sustainable over the longer term. The mine is now back on plan to fill the plant capacity by year-end and start building an ore stockpile.
PRODUCTION FOR THE SECOND QUARTER 2014
Grade Grade
Production Tonnes Tonnes Ag Au Recovery Recovery Silver Gold
by mine produced per day g/t g/t Ag % Au % oz oz
Guanacevi 108,822 1,196 272 0.55 83.6% 86.1% 795,824 1,656
Bolanitos 142,370 1,565 152 2.47 89.7% 88.3% 623,898 9,980
El Cubo 88,084 968 103 1.44 85.7% 85.7% 249,887 3,495
Consol-
idated 339,276 3,728 178 1.59 86.1% 87.4% 1,669,609 15,131
PRODUCTION FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2014
Tonnes Grade Grade
Production Tonnes per day Ag Au Recovery Recovery Silver Gold
by mine produced g/t g/t Ag % Au % oz oz
Guanacevi 215,635 1,191 311 0.66 83.6% 85.9% 1,801,605 3,929
Bolanitos 284,782 1,573 148 2.60 88.3% 86.6% 1,196,749 20,620
El Cubo 185,384 1,024 107 1.73 89.4% 88.3% 570,254 9,101
Consol-
idated 685,801 3,789 188 1.75 86.0% 87.0% 3,568,608 33,650
Three months Six months
ended June 30, ended June 30,
2014 2013 Q2 2014 2014 2013
highlights
throughput
339,276 393,070 (tonnes) 685,801 769,414
silver ounces
1,669,609 1,535,873 produced 3,568,608 3,025,590
gold ounces
15,131 19,915 produced 33,650 34,948
payable silver
1,620,189 1,479,828 ounces produced 3,464,354 2,939,533
payable gold
14,607 18,843 ounces produced 32,403 33,551
silver
equivalent
ounces
2,577,469 2,730,773 produced 5,587,608 5,122,470
silver ounces
1,774,302 1,787,571 sold 3,311,967 3,302,648
gold ounces
14,612 25,477 sold 31,057 41,201
Release of second quarter 2014 financial results and conference call
The second quarter 2014 financial results will be released after market on Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, and a telephone conference call will be held at 10 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (1 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time) on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014.
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