Fortuna Silver reports 411% gold production jump in third quarter
(Kitco News) - Fortuna Silver Mines (NYSE:FSM) (TSX: FVI) today reported that its gold production in Q3 2021 increased411% to 65,425 ounces compared to 12,791 ounces produced in Q3 2020.
The company's lead productionof 8,245,289 pounds was 23% higher compared to Q3 2020, and zinc production of12,436,276 pounds was 21% higher compared to Q3 2020.
However, Fortuna Silverreported that its Q3 2021 silver production of 1,711,881 ounces was 20% lower comparedto Q3 2020 (2,127,746 ounces).
The company said that its Linderomine in Argentina produced record 26,235 ounces of gold in Q3 2021, which wasin line with guidance.
Fortuna added that quarterlyperformance at the company's San Jose mine in Mexico was "as expected", andthat year-to-date production results aligned with guidance. The San Jose mineproduced 1,436,658 ounces of silver and 8,910 ounces of gold in Q3 2021.
The company's Yaramoko minein Burkina Faso produced 28,751 ounces of gold in Q3 2021 with an average goldhead grade of 7.28 g/t, which was slightly below the plan for the quarter.
Importantly, the company saidthat its Caylloma mine in Peru "outperformed" in Q3 2021, with 12% increase ingold production, 23% increase in lead production and a 21% increase in zincproduction compared with the third quarter of 2020.
Fortuna Silver Mines is aCanadian precious metals mining company with four operating mines in Argentina,Burkina Faso, Mexico and Peru, and an advanced development project in C??ted'Ivoire.
By Vladimir BasovFor Kitco News
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