August 4, 2009
As of Jun30/09, production at Jacobina was 27,593 ounces of gold in the second quarter, more than 50% of the production of 18,581 ounces in the second quarter of 2008 and 2% higher than the first quarter of 2009. The increase
in production from the first quarter of 2009 was mainly due to improvement in mine planning, expansion of the processing plant and milling capacity, increased development work, increased number of working stopes and the benefits from additional infill drilling to improve the reliability of the mining plan. Higher tonnage processed of 7.6% contributed to higher production in the quarter compared with the first quarter of 2009.
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