St Barbara Posts Higher Q4 Gold Production, Sales
St Barbara (ASX:SBM) said fourth quarter gold production from its New Simberi Operations was 14,658 ounces at an all-in sustaining cost (AISC) of AU$4,514 per ounce, according to a Thursday Australian bourse filing.The company said New Simberi sales for the fourth quarter totalled 13,399 ounces at an average realised price of AU$6,314 per ounce, with St Barbara's attributable gold sales of 6,700 ounces, and a further 187 ounces sold at AU$6,572 per ounce from gold recovery work at the Touquoy processing plant.In the same period last year, the company reported 14,620 ounces of gold production at an AISC of AU$4,613 per ounce with sales of 15,564 ounces at an average realised price of AU$5,117 per ounce, an earlier filing showed.St Barbara's cash balance as at June 30 was AU$475 million, with attributable cash and gold bullion across New Simberi Gold Group a further AU$21 million and listed investments of AU$13 million, it added.