Commissioning period production was 24,347 ounces of gold in the second quarter ended Jun30/09 and 44,830 for the first half of 2009. At the end of the quarter, inventories in circuit and in process were 11,215 ounces of gold. Completion of commissioning occurred on June 30, 2009. Expected commercial production for 2009 (third and fourth quarter) is approximately 75,000 ounces of gold.