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Time of India
6 days ago
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- Time of India
'This Was The Moment Bill Decided to Kill Everybody on Earth', says Rob Schneider as he shares photo; Elon Musk replies
American actor and comedian Rob Schneider recently shared an old image of Microsoft founder Bill Gates on X (formerly Twitter). The image in the post references a 1998 incident in Brussels when Belgian prankster Noël Godin 'attacked' then Microsoft CEO Bill Gates with pie. 'This Was The Moment Bill Decided to Kill Everybody on Earth,' reads the text on the image. The exaggerated caption, as reflected by some comments in the post, seems to tie to a conspiracy theory, linking Bill Gates to COVID-19 vaccine and depopulation myths. The post caught the attention of Tesla CEO Elon Musk who replied to it with a grimacing face emoji. When Microsoft founder Bill Gates was attacked by pie As mentioned above, the incident dates back to 1998 when Bill Gates was on his official visit to the European Union. As per CNET report, the Microsoft chairman was then struck in the face with a cream pastry--a cake or possibly a pie--as he was entering a government building to give a speech on education. The prankster was then identified as Belgian prankster Noel Godin who escaped from the scene then only to appear back on television to take responsibility for the attack. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Jeweled Rice, Made Easy—Here's the Recipe Learn More Undo Who is Noël Godin who attacked Bill Gates Godin, who is also called "L'entarteur" or "The Pieman," reportedly had a bigger reason for his actions. He believed Bill Gates stood for the capitalist system. In Godin's eyes, Gates was part of a system that should be questioned and made fun of. As per reports, Godin felt that even though Gates was rich and powerful, he was still following the rules of the system without trying to change it. Throwing a pie at Gates was Godin's way of protesting against what he saw as the problems and unfairness of capitalism. How Bill Gates responded Gates shrugged off the incident with humor, jokingly saying, 'The worst part is, it wasn't even that tasty.' "Oddly enough, [Godin] apparently complained that [Gates] didn't react strongly enough," a Microsoft spokeswoman then said. "This incident is very unfortunate, especially in light of the types of things Bill is trying to do," she added. "He later made a joke about how the cream didn't even taste that good." Only time will tell if that's good humored enough for the cream puff catapulting Godin. Biggest Tech Layoffs of 2025: Job Cuts at TCS, Intel, Microsoft, Google and more AI Masterclass for Students. Upskill Young Ones Today!– Join Now
Cision Canada
28-07-2025
- Business
- Cision Canada
NEW GOLD REPORTS SECOND QUARTER 2025 RESULTS
Quarter-Over-Quarter Production Growth Drives Record Free Cash Flow Generation; On-Track to Achieve Annual Guidance (All amounts are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated) TORONTO, July 28, 2025 /CNW/ - New Gold Inc. ("New Gold" or the "Company") (TSX: NGD) (NYSE American: NGD) today reported financial and operating results for the quarter and six-months ended June 30, 2025. Second quarter 2025 production was 78,595 ounces of gold and 13.5 million pounds of copper, at an operating expense of $1,070 per gold ounce sold (co-product basis) 3 and all-in sustaining costs 1 of $1,393 per gold ounce sold (by-product basis). Quarter-over-quarter production growth resulted in strong cash flow from operations of $163 million and record quarterly free cash flow of $63 million, highlighted by a record $45 million of quarterly free cash flow from Rainy River. "Across the Company, the second quarter successfully built on the momentum from the first quarter, positioning us to deliver on our annual guidance. The quarter was highlighted by a record production month at Rainy River, resulting in record quarterly free cash flow for both Rainy River and the Company," stated Patrick Godin, President and CEO. "At New Afton, the B3 cave continued to over-deliver, with the cave now expected to exhaust in the middle of the third quarter, four months later than initially planned. Mill performance also continues to be a highlight, with a quarter-over-quarter throughput increase. At Rainy River, the second quarter saw a meaningful increase in production compared to the first quarter. June was a record production month, providing an excellent indication of the expected open pit performance for the remainder of the year. Combined with the strong quarterly mill performance, which demonstrated the ability to process higher-grade material at a high throughput rate, Rainy River is on-track for increased production in the second half of the year. Additionally, underground development continues to advance, and the site successfully commissioned the ventilation loop and primary ventilation fans in late June. With the ventilation loop now complete, and the in-pit portal breakthrough completed in early April, underground development is expected to accelerate through the remainder of the year," added Mr. Godin. "Exploration efforts at both operations continue to support our organic growth initiatives, with seven diamond drills active at New Afton and three at Rainy River. Exploration drilling at New Afton is at an all-time high on all key metrics, supported by the recently completed exploration drift developed from the C-Zone extraction level, designed to infill and expand K-Zone, as well as the Lift 1 level exploration drift developed last year. At Rainy River, exploration efforts are focused on increasing the underground ore inventory and testing open pit extensions at NW-Trend. The Company looks forward to providing exploration results in September," concluded Mr. Godin. Second Quarter Highlighted by Strong Performance from New Afton, Rainy River Posts Record June Production and Remains On-Track for Continued Ramp-up Throughout the Year Second quarter consolidated production was 78,595 ounces of gold and 13.5 million pounds of copper at all-in sustaining costs 1,2 of $1,393 per gold ounce sold. Gold production through the first half of 2025 represented approximately 38% of the midpoint of annual consolidated production guidance of 325,000 to 365,000 ounces of gold, in-line with the planned first half of 38%. New Afton second quarter production was 16,991 ounces of gold and 13.5 million pounds of copper at all-in sustaining costs 1,2 of ($537) per gold ounce sold. The B3 cave continued to perform better than planned, leading to higher than expected head grades. As a result, production through the first half of 2025 represented approximately 54% and 49% of the midpoint of annual guidance of 60,000 to 70,000 ounces of gold and 50 to 60 million pounds of copper, respectively. C-Zone cave construction continues to advance on schedule, facilitating a step up in copper and gold production in the second half of 2025. The operation is advancing well, with undercutting completed in May. Cave construction progress is 64% complete as of the end of June. The flotation cleaner circuit upgrade is on schedule for commissioning in the third quarter. This project is expected to improve copper and gold recoveries as the operation ramps up to full processing capacity of approximately 16,000 tonnes per day beginning in 2026. Rainy River second quarter production was 61,604 ounces of gold at all-in sustaining costs 1,2 of $1,696 per gold ounce sold, a substantial production increase and all-in sustaining cost decrease over the first quarter as the mill transitioned from low-grade stockpile material to processing higher grade open pit ore. June gold production totaled 37,341 ounces, a monthly production record, at an average grade of 1.44 g/t gold. With the mill now processing higher grade open pit material, the Company expects gold production to continue to step-up in the third quarter, compared to the second quarter. Gold production through the first half of 2025 represented approximately 34% of the midpoint of annual guidance of 265,000 to 295,000 ounces of gold, slightly behind the planned first half of 37%, driven by a one-week delay in the sequencing of the higher grade open-pit material in May, which led to an increase of approximately 5,900 ounces of gold-in-circuit inventory at quarter end. Following the successful breakthrough of the pit portal in early April, the Rainy River underground mine achieved another important milestone with fresh air raise commissioning and completion of the ODM East ventilation loop. Underground development and stope production from several new mining zones can now progress as they come online in late-2025. The Company is on track to deliver its 2025 consolidated production guidance of 325,000 to 365,000 ounces of gold and 50 to 60 million pounds of copper at all-in sustaining costs 1,2 of $1,025 to $1,125 per gold ounce sold. Record Quarterly Free Cash Flow Generation; Substantially Stronger Second Half Expected The Company generated cash flow from operations of $163 million and record quarterly free cash flow 1 of $63 million after investing approximately $58 million in advancing growth projects during the quarter. This was highlighted by Rainy River's record $45 million in quarterly free cash flow 1. The Company exited the second quarter in a strong financial position, with cash and cash equivalents of $226 million. During the quarter, the Company entered into an agreement with Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan to acquire the remaining 19.9% free cash flow interest in the Company's New Afton Mine. The transaction was funded with $50 million of cash on hand, $150 million from its existing credit facility, and a $100 million gold prepayment financing. Importantly, the transaction came with no equity dilution to New Gold shareholders. The Company has agreed to deliver approximately 2,771 ounces of gold per month over the July 2025 to June 2026 period at an average price of $3,157 per gold ounce. Subsequent to quarter end, the Company redeemed the remaining $111 million aggregate principal amount of outstanding 2027 Notes on July 15, 2025. The redemption of the 2027 Notes was funded with cash on hand. New Afton's K-Zone-Focused Exploration Program at Historic Peak; Rainy River Ramping-Up Exploration Drilling on Underground and Open Pit Extensions New Afton's exploration program, centered on K-Zone and nearby targets, is currently at an all-time high with one surface drill targeting the K-Zone trend along strike and six underground drills actively targeting the core of the zone and testing its footprint. By the end of the second quarter, approximately 18,000 metres of drilling of the planned 48,000 metres had been completed. Underground drilling is conducted from two exploration drifts separated by more than 400 metres in elevation, including a new drift recently completed at the C-Zone extraction level. The new exploration drift provides better drilling angles and accelerates exploration drilling in the upper part of K-Zone, while the exploration drift developed in 2024 provides a platform to further test potential extensions of K-Zone to the east and at depth. The Company is pursuing its strategic plan to grow and infill K-Zone for the remainder of 2025, with the objective of defining resources. Rainy River is pursuing its two-pronged approach of advancing open pit exploration and underground exploration in parallel. By the end of the second quarter, approximately 28,000 metres of drilling of the planned 58,000 metres had been completed. The Company recently completed a reverse circulation ("RC") drilling program at the NW-Trend open pit zone, focused on infill drilling the inferred part of the resource and testing potential pit extensions. A follow-up program is planned in the third quarter, with the objective of fully converting the NW-Trend Mineral Resource to the indicated category. The Rainy River exploration program further aims at unlocking the full value of the underground mine, with three diamond drills actively targeting extensions of UG Main from surface. This includes drilling Inferred Mineral Resources located near the core of the ODM zone to upgrade its classification, and targeting the extensions of current ore zones down-plunge. The Company expects to release exploration results from both the New Afton and Rainy River 2025 exploration programs in September. Consolidated Financial Highlights Revenue in the second quarter increased over the prior-year period due to higher gold prices and higher gold sales volume, partially offset by lower copper prices and lower copper sales volume. For the six months ended June 30, 2025, revenue increased over the prior-year period due to higher gold and copper prices and higher copper sales volume, partially offset by lower gold sales volume. Operating expenses were relatively consistent when compared to the prior-year periods. Depreciation and depletion expense in the second quarter was relatively consistent when compared to the prior-year period. For the six months ended June 30, 2025 depreciation and depletion decreased when compared to the prior-year period primarily due to lower gold production. Share-based payment expenses for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2025 were $9.0 million and $13.5 million, respectively, an increase over the prior-year periods due to an increase in the Company's share price. Net earnings and adjusted net earnings 1 increased over the prior-year periods due to an increase in revenue, partially offset by increased share-based payment expenses. Cash generated from operations and free cash flow 1 increased over the prior-year periods primarily due to higher revenue. Consolidated Operational Highlights Q2 2025 Q2 2024 H1 2025 H1 2024 Gold production (ounces) 4 78,595 68,598 130,781 139,496 Gold sold (ounces) 4 75,596 67,697 127,760 137,774 Copper production (Mlbs) 4 13.5 13.6 27.1 26.9 Copper sold (MIbs) 4 12.7 13.3 26.0 25.3 Gold revenue, per ounce ($) 5 3,298 2,313 3,121 2,185 Copper revenue, per pound ($) 5 4.23 4.26 4.20 3.97 Average realized gold price, per ounce ($) 1 3,317 2,346 3,145 2,216 Average realized copper price, per pound ($) 1 4.34 4.49 4.32 4.19 Operating expenses per gold ounce sold ($/ounce, co-product) 3 1,070 1,156 1,220 1,131 Operating expenses per copper pound sold ($/pound, co-product) 3 2.37 2.35 2.26 2.39 Depreciation and depletion per gold ounce sold ($/ounce) 5 877 1,066 968 980 Cash costs per gold ounce sold (by-product basis) ($/ounce) 2 706 740 773 808 All-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold (by-product basis) ($/ounce) 2 1,393 1,381 1,529 1,389 Sustaining capital ($M) 1 34.0 31.5 66.7 57.4 Growth capital ($M) 1 58.0 40.8 100.6 75.9 Total capital ($M) 92.0 72.3 167.3 133.3 New Afton Mine Operational Highlights New Afton Mine Q2 2025 Q2 2024 H1 2025 H1 2024 Gold production (ounces) 4 16,991 18,300 35,269 36,479 Gold sold (ounces) 4 16,852 18,184 35,284 35,164 Copper production (Mlbs) 4 13.5 13.6 27.1 26.9 Copper sold (Mlbs) 4 12.7 13.3 26.0 25.3 Gold revenue, per ounce ($) 5 3,263 2,250 3,053 2,124 Copper revenue, per pound ($) 5 4.23 4.26 4.20 3.97 Average realized gold price, per ounce ($) 1 3,348 2,372 3,139 2,244 Average realized copper price, per pound ($) 1 4.34 4.49 4.32 4.19 Operating expenses ($/oz gold, co-product) 3 766 736 712 738 Operating expenses ($/lb copper, co-product) 3 2.37 2.35 2.26 2.39 Depreciation and depletion ($/ounce) 5 1,604 1,231 1,461 1,224 Cash costs per gold ounce sold (by-product basis) ($/ounce) 2 (622) (597) (699) (325) Cash costs per gold ounce sold ($/ounce,co-product) 3 796 806 744 877 Cash costs per copper pound sold ($/pound, co-product) 3 2.46 2.57 2.36 2.62 All-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold (by-product basis) ($/ounce) 2 (537) (433) (615) (107) All-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold ($/ounce, co-product) 3 822 856 769 874 All-in sustaining costs per copper pound sold ($/pound, co-product) 3 2.54 2.73 2.44 2.83 Sustaining capital ($M) 1 0.7 2.0 1.4 5.8 Growth capital ($M) 1 26.0 30.4 49.3 58.1 Total capital ($M) 26.7 32.5 50.7 63.9 Free cash flow ($M) 1 32.9 14.9 85.2 11.5 Operating Key Performance Indicators Second quarter production was 16,991 ounces of gold (inclusive of ore purchase agreements) and 13.5 million pounds of copper. For the six months ended June 30, 2025, gold production was 35,269 ounces (inclusive of ore purchase agreements) and 27.1 million pounds of copper. The decrease in gold production over the prior-year periods is due to lower grade and recovery as the B3 cave nears exhaustion. Copper production was relatively in-line with the prior-year periods as lower grade is offset by higher tonnes processed. Operating expenses per gold ounce sold 5 and per copper pound sold for the second quarter increased over the prior-year period primarily due to lower gold and copper sales. Operating expenses per gold ounce sold 5 and per copper pound sold for the six months ended June 30, 2025 decreased over the prior-year period, primarily due to lower underground mining costs and higher sales. All-in sustaining costs 1 per gold ounce sold (by-product basis) 2 for the second quarter decreased over the prior-year period primarily due to lower sustaining capital spend. All-in sustaining costs 1 per gold ounce sold (by-product basis) 2 for the six months ended June 30, 2025 decreased over the prior-year period, primarily due to higher copper sales volumes, higher by-product revenue, and lower sustaining capital spend. Total capital expenditures decreased over the prior-year periods, primarily due to lower sustaining and growth capital spend. Sustaining capital 1 primarily related to mobile equipment. Growth capital 1 primarily related to construction, mine development, tailings, and machinery and equipment. Free cash flow 1 for the second quarter and the six months ended June 30, 2025, was $33 million and $85 million, respectively, a significant improvement over the prior-year periods primarily due to higher revenue, and lower capital. Operational Highlights Rainy River Mine Q2 2025 Q2 2024 H1 2025 H1 2024 Gold production (ounces) 4 61,604 50,298 95,512 103,016 Gold sold (ounces) 4 58,744 49,513 92,476 102,610 Gold revenue, per ounce ($) 5 3,308 2,336 3,147 2,206 Average realized gold price, per ounce ($) 1 3,308 2,336 3,147 2,206 Operating expenses per gold ounce sold ($/ounce) 5 1,157 1,310 1,414 1,265 Depreciation and depletion per gold ounce sold ($/ounce) 665 1,002 776 893 Cash costs per gold ounce sold (by-product basis) ($/ounce) 1 1,088 1,231 1,334 1,197 All-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold (by-product basis) ($/ounce) 2 1,696 1,868 2,084 1,749 Sustaining capital ($M) 1 33.4 29.4 65.4 51.6 Growth capital ($M) 1 32.0 10.4 51.3 17.8 Total capital ($M) 65.4 39.8 116.6 69.4 Free cash flow ($M) 1 44.9 11.9 32.1 9.3 Operating Key Performance Indicators Second quarter gold production 1 was 61,604 ounces, an increase over the prior-year period due to higher grade and recovery, partially offset by lower tonnes processed. For the six months ended June 30, 2025, gold production was 95,512 ounces, a decrease over the prior-year period due to lower tonnes processed and lower grade. Operating expenses per gold ounce sold for the second quarter decreased over the prior-year period due to higher sales volumes, partially offset by higher underground and camp costs as underground mining continues to ramp up. For the six months ended June 30, 2025, operating expenses per gold ounce sold increased over the prior-year period due to lower sales volumes and an increase in operating expenses. All-in sustaining costs 1 per gold ounce sold (by-product basis) 2 for the second quarter decreased over the prior-year period primarily due to higher sales volumes, partially offset by higher sustaining capital spend and operating costs. All-in sustaining costs 1 per gold ounce sold (by-product basis) 2 for the six months ended June 30, 2025 increased over the prior-year period primarily due to higher operating costs, lower sales volumes and higher sustaining capital from capitalized waste stripping. Total capital expenditures increased over the prior-year periods due to higher sustaining and growth capital spend. Sustaining capital 1 primarily related to open pit stripping and Tailings Facility expansion. Growth capital 1 primarily related to growth mine development and machinery and equipment. Free cash flow 1 for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2025 was $45 million and $32 million (net of $7 million and $13 million stream payments), respectively, an increase over the prior-year periods primarily due to higher revenue. Second Quarter 2025 Conference Call and Webcast The Company will host a webcast and conference call today, Monday, July 28, 2025 at 8:30 am Eastern Time. Participants may listen to the webcast by registering on our website at or via the following link Participants may also listen to the conference call by calling North American toll free 1-800-715-9871, or 1-647-932-3411 outside of the U.S. and Canada, passcode 7817280. To join the conference call without operator assistance, you may register and enter your phone number at to receive an instant automated call back. A recorded playback of the conference call will be available until August 28, 2025 by calling North American toll free 1-800-770-2030, or 1-647-362-9199 outside of the U.S. and Canada, passcode 7817280. An archived webcast will also be available at About New Gold New Gold is a Canadian-focused intermediate mining Company with a portfolio of two core producing assets in Canada, the New Afton copper-gold mine and the Rainy River gold mine. New Gold's vision is to be the most valued intermediate gold and copper producer through profitable and responsible mining for our shareholders and stakeholders. For further information on the Company, visit Endnotes 1. "Cash costs per gold ounce sold", "all-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold" (or "AISC"), "adjusted net earnings/(loss)", "adjusted tax expense", "sustaining capital and sustaining leases", "growth capital", "average realized gold/copper price per ounce/pound", "cash generated from operations before changes in non-cash operating working capital", and "free cash flow" "are all non-GAAP financial performance measures that are used in this MD&A. These measures do not have any standardized meaning under DIFRS, as issued by the IASB, and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. For more information about these measures, why they are used by the Company, and a reconciliation to the most directly comparable measure under IFRS, see the "Non-GAAP Financial Performance Measures" section of this press release below. 2. The Company produces copper and silver as by-products of its gold production. All-in sustaining costs based on a by-product basis, which includes silver and copper net revenues as by-product credits to the total costs. 3. Co-product basis includes net silver sales revenues as by-product credits, and apportions net costs to each metal produced on the basis of 30% to gold and 70% to copper, and subsequently dividing the amount by the total gold ounces sold, or pounds of copper sold, to arrive at per ounce or per pound figures. 4. Production is shown on a total contained basis while sales are shown on a net payable basis, including final product inventory and smelter payable adjustments, where applicable. 5. These are supplementary financial measures which are calculated as follows: "Revenue gold ($/ounce)" and "Revenue copper ($/pound)" is total gold revenue divided by total gold ounces sold and total copper revenue divided by total copper pounds sold, respectively; "Operating expenses ($/oz gold, co-product)" is total operating expenses apportioned to gold based on a percentage of activity basis divided by total gold ounces sold, "Operating expenses ($/lb copper, co-product)" is total operating expenses apportioned to copper based on a percentage of activity basis divided by total copper pounds sold; "Depreciation and depletion ($/oz gold)" is depreciation and depletion expenses divided by total gold ounces sold. 6. Key performance indicator data for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 is exclusive of ounces from ore purchase agreements for New Afton. The New Afton Mine purchases small amounts of ore from local operations, subject to certain grade and other criteria. These ounces represented approximately 1% of total gold ounces produced using New Afton's excess mill capacity. All other ounces are mined and produced at New Afton. Non-GAAP Financial Performance Measures Cash Costs per Gold Ounce Sold "Cash costs per gold ounce sold" is a common non-GAAP financial performance measure used in the gold mining industry but does not have any standardized meaning under IFRS Accounting Standards and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. New Gold reports cash costs on a sales basis and not on a production basis. The Company believes that, in addition to conventional measures prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards, this measure, along with sales, is a key indicator of the Company's ability to generate operating earnings and cash flow from its mining operations. This measure allows investors to better evaluate corporate performance and the Company's ability to generate liquidity through operating cash flow to fund future capital exploration and working capital needs. This measure is intended to provide additional information only and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards. This measure is not necessarily indicative of cash generated from operations under IFRS Accounting Standards or operating costs presented under IFRS Accounting Standards. Cash costs figures are calculated in accordance with a standard developed by The Gold Institute, a worldwide association of suppliers of gold and gold products that ceased operations in 2002. Adoption of the standard is voluntary and the cost measures presented may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies. Cash costs include mine site operating costs such as mining, processing and administration costs, royalties, and production taxes, but are exclusive of amortization, reclamation, capital and exploration costs and net of by-product revenue. Cash costs are then divided by gold ounces sold to arrive at the cash costs per gold ounce sold. The Company produces copper and silver as by-products of its gold production. The calculation of cash costs per gold ounce for Rainy River is net of by-product silver sales revenue, and the calculation of cash costs per gold ounce sold for New Afton is net of by-product copper and silver sales revenue. New Gold notes that in connection with New Afton, the by-product revenue is sufficiently large to result in a negative cash costs on a single mine basis. Notwithstanding this by-product contribution, as a Company focused on gold production, New Gold aims to assess the economic results of its operations in relation to gold, which is the primary driver of New Gold's business. New Gold believes this metric is of interest to its investors, who invest in the Company primarily as a gold mining Company. To determine the relevant costs associated with gold only, New Gold believes it is appropriate to reflect all operating costs, as well as any revenue related to metals other than gold that are extracted in its operations. To provide additional information to investors, New Gold has also calculated New Afton's cash costs on a co-product basis, which removes the impact of copper sales that are produced as a by-product of gold production and apportions the cash costs to each metal produced by 30% gold, 70% copper, and subsequently divides the amount by the total gold ounces, or pounds of copper sold, as the case may be, to arrive at per ounce or per pound figures. Unless indicated otherwise, all cash cost information in this MD&A is net of by-product sales. Sustaining Capital and Sustaining Leases "Sustaining capital" and "sustaining lease" are non-GAAP financial performance measures that do not have any standardized meaning under IFRS Accounting Standards and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. New Gold defines "sustaining capital" as net capital expenditures that are intended to maintain operation of its gold producing assets. Similarly, a "sustaining lease" is a lease payment that is sustaining in nature. To determine "sustaining capital" expenditures, New Gold uses cash flow related to mining interests from its consolidated statement of cash flows and deducts any expenditures that are capital expenditures to develop new operations or capital expenditures related to major projects at existing operations where these projects will significantly increase production. Management uses "sustaining capital" and "sustaining lease" to understand the aggregate net result of the drivers of all-in sustaining costs other than cash costs. These measures are intended to provide additional information only and should not be considered in isolation or as substitutes for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards. Growth Capital "Growth capital" is a non-GAAP financial performance measure that does not have any standardized meaning under IFRS Accounting Standards and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. New Gold considers non-sustaining capital costs to be "growth capital", which are capital expenditures to develop new operations or capital expenditures related to major projects at existing operations where these projects will significantly increase production. To determine "growth capital" expenditures, New Gold uses cash flow related to mining interests from its consolidated statement of cash flows and deducts any expenditures that are capital expenditures that are intended to maintain operation of its gold producing assets. Management uses "growth capital" to understand the cost to develop new operations or related to major projects at existing operations where these projects will significantly increase production. This measure is intended to provide additional information only and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards. All-In Sustaining Costs (AISC) per Gold Ounce Sold "All-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold" or ("AISC") is a non-GAAP financial performance measure that does not have any standardized meaning under IFRS Accounting Standards and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. New Gold calculates "all-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold" based on guidance announced by the World Gold Council ("WGC") in September 2013. The WGC is a non-profit association of the world's leading gold mining companies established in 1987 to promote the use of gold to industry, consumers and investors. The WGC is not a regulatory body and does not have the authority to develop accounting standards or disclosure requirements. The WGC has worked with its member companies to develop a measure that expands on IFRS Accounting Standards measures to provide visibility into the economics of a gold mining company. Current IFRS Accounting Standards measures used in the gold industry, such as operating expenses, do not capture all of the expenditures incurred to discover, develop and sustain gold production. New Gold believes that "all-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold" provides further transparency into costs associated with producing gold and will assist analysts, investors, and other stakeholders of the Company in assessing its operating performance, its ability to generate free cash flow from current operations and its overall value. In addition, the Human Resources and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors uses "all-in sustaining costs", together with other measures, in its Company scorecard to set incentive compensation goals and assess performance. "All-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold" is intended to provide additional information only and does not have any standardized meaning under IFRS Accounting Standards and may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other mining companies. It should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards. The measure is not necessarily indicative of cash flow from operations under IFRS Accounting Standards or operating costs presented under IFRS Accounting Standards. New Gold defines all-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold as the sum of cash costs, net capital expenditures that are sustaining in nature, corporate general and administrative costs, sustaining leases, capitalized and expensed exploration costs that are sustaining in nature, and environmental reclamation costs, all divided by the total gold ounces sold to arrive at a per ounce figure. To determine sustaining capital expenditures, New Gold uses cash flow related to mining interests from its unaudited condensed interim consolidated statement of cash flows and deducts any expenditures that are non-sustaining (growth). Capital expenditures to develop new operations or capital expenditures related to major projects at existing operations where these projects will significantly benefit the operation are classified as growth and are excluded. The definition of sustaining versus non-sustaining is similarly applied to capitalized and expensed exploration costs. Exploration costs to develop new operations or that relate to major projects at existing operations where these projects are expected to significantly benefit the operation are classified as non-sustaining and are excluded. Costs excluded from all-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold are non-sustaining capital expenditures, non-sustaining lease payments and exploration costs, financing costs, tax expense, and transaction costs associated with mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, and any items that are deducted for the purposes of adjusted earnings. To provide additional information to investors, the Company has also calculated all-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold on a co-product basis for New Afton, which removes the impact of other metal sales that are produced as a by-product of gold production and apportions the all-in sustaining costs to each metal produced on a percentage of revenue basis, and subsequently divides the amount by the total gold ounces, or pounds of copper sold, as the case may be, to arrive at per ounce or per pound figures. By including cash costs as a component of all-in sustaining costs, the measure deducts by-product revenue from gross cash costs. The following tables reconcile the above non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable IFRS measure on an aggregate basis. Cash Costs and All-in Sustaining Costs per Gold Ounce Reconciliation Tables Three months ended June 30 Six months ended June 30 (in millions of U.S. dollars, except where noted) 2025 2024 2025 2024 CONSOLIDATED CASH COST AND AISC RECONCILIATION Operating expenses 111.0 109.5 214.4 216.3 Treatment and refining charges on concentrate sales 2.9 5.4 6.1 10.1 By-product silver revenue (5.2) (5.0) (9.7) (8.8) By-product copper revenue (55.2) (59.7) (112.2) (106.2) Total Cash costs 1 53.5 50.1 98.6 111.3 Gold ounces sold 4 75,596 67,697 127,760 137,774 Cash costs per gold ounce sold (by-product basis) (2) 706 740.0 773 808.0 Sustaining capital expenditures 1 34.0 31.5 66.7 57.4 Sustaining exploration - expensed 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 Sustaining leases 1 0.2 0.5 0.4 1.8 Corporate G&A including share-based compensation 14.4 8.7 23.9 15.2 Reclamation expenses 3.1 2.7 5.5 5.4 Total all-in sustaining costs 1 105.3 93.5 195.3 191.3 Gold ounces sold 4 75,596 67,697 127,760 137,774 All-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold (by-product basis) 2 1,393 1,381 1,529 1,389 Three months ended June 30 Six months ended June 30 (in millions of U.S. dollars, except where noted) 2025 2024 2025 2024 NEW AFTON CASH COSTS AND AISC RECONCILIATION Operating expenses 43.0 44.6 83.7 86.5 Treatment and refining charges on concentrate sales 2.9 5.4 6.1 10.1 By-product silver revenue (1.2) (1.1) (2.4) (1.8) By-product copper revenue (55.2) (59.7) (112.2) (106.2) Total Cash costs 1 (10.5) (10.9) (24.8) (11.4) Gold ounces sold 4 16,852 18,184 35,284 35,164 Cash costs per gold ounce sold (by-product basis) 2 (622) (597) (699) (325) Sustaining capital expenditures 1 0.7 2.0 1.4 5.8 Sustaining leases (1) — 0.3 0.1 0.5 Reclamation expenses 0.7 0.7 1.5 1.4 Total all-in sustaining costs 1 (9.1) (7.9) (21.8) (3.8) Gold ounces sold 4 16,852 18,184 35,284 35,164 All-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold (by-product basis) 2 (537) (433) (615) (107) Three months ended June 30 Six months ended June 30 (in millions of U.S. dollars, except where noted) 2025 2024 2025 2024 RAINY RIVER CASH COSTS AND AISC RECONCILIATION Operating expenses 67.9 64.9 130.7 129.8 By-product silver revenue (4.1) (3.9) (7.4) (7.0) Total Cash costs 1 63.8 60.9 123.3 122.8 Gold ounces sold 4 58,744 49,513 92,476 102,610 Cash costs per gold ounce sold (by-product basis) 2 1,088 1,231 1,334 1,197 Sustaining capital expenditures 1 33.4 29.4 65.4 51.6 Sustaining leases 1 — 0.1 — 1.0 Reclamation expenses 2.4 2.0 3.9 4.0 Total all-in sustaining costs 1 99.6 92.5 192.6 179.5 Gold ounces sold 4 58,744 49,513 92,476 102,610 All-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold (by-product basis) 2 1,696 1,868 2,084 1,749 Three months ended June 30, 2025 (in millions of U.S. dollars, except where noted) Gold Copper Total NEW AFTON CASH COSTS AND AISC RECONCILIATION (ON A CO-PRODUCT BASIS) Operating expenses 12.9 30.1 43.0 Units of metal sold 16,852 12.7 Operating expenses ($/oz gold or lb copper sold, co-product 3 766 2.37 Treatment and refining charges on concentrate sales 0.9 2.0 2.9 By-product silver revenue (0.3) (0.8) (1.2) Cash costs (co-product) 3 13.5 31.3 44.7 Cash costs per gold ounce sold or lb copper sold (co-product) 3 796 2.46 Sustaining capital expenditures 1 0.2 0.5 0.7 Sustaining leases 1 — — — Reclamation expenses 0.2 0.5 0.7 All-in sustaining costs (co-product) 3 13.9 32.3 46.1 All-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold or lb copper sold (co-product) 3 822 2.54 (i) Apportioned to each metal produced on a percentage of activity basis. For the above reconciliation table, 30% of operating costs were attributed to gold production and 70% of operating costs were attributed to copper production. Three months ended June 30, 2024 (in millions of U.S. dollars, except where noted) Gold Copper Total NEW AFTON CASH COSTS AND AISC RECONCILIATION (ON A CO-PRODUCT BASIS) Operating expenses 13.4 31.2 44.6 Units of metal sold 18,184 13.3 Operating expenses ($/oz gold or lb copper sold, co-product 3 736 2.35 Treatment and refining charges on concentrate sales 1.6 3.7 5.4 By-product silver revenue (0.3) (0.8) (1.1) Cash costs (co-product) 3 14.7 34.2 48.9 Cash costs per gold ounce sold or lb copper sold (co-product) 3 806 2.57 Sustaining capital expenditures 1 0.6 1.4 2.0 Sustaining leases 1 0.1 0.2 0.3 Reclamation expenses 0.2 0.5 0.7 All-in sustaining costs (co-product) 3 15.6 36.3 51.9 All-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold or lb copper sold (co-product) 3 856 2.73 (i) Apportioned to each metal produced on a percentage of activity basis. For the above reconciliation table, 30% of operating costs were attributed to gold production and 70% of operating costs were attributed to copper production. Six months ended June 30, 2025 (in millions of U.S. dollars, except where noted) Gold Copper Total NEW AFTON CASH COSTS AND AISC RECONCILIATION (ON A CO-PRODUCT BASIS) Operating expenses 25.1 58.6 83.7 Units of metal sold 35,284 26.0 Operating expenses ($/oz gold or lb copper sold, co-product 3 712 2.26 Treatment and refining charges on concentrate sales 1.8 4.3 6.1 By-product silver revenue (0.7) (1.6) (2.3) Cash costs (co-product) 3 26.2 61.3 87.5 Cash costs per gold ounce sold or lb copper sold (co-product) 3 744 2.36 Sustaining capital expenditures 1 0.4 1.0 1.4 Sustaining leases 1 — — — Reclamation expenses 0.5 1.1 1.5 All-in sustaining costs (co-product) 3 27.1 63.4 90.4 All-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold or lb copper sold (co-product) 3 769 2.44 (i) Apportioned to each metal produced on a percentage of activity basis. For the above reconciliation table, 30% of operating costs were attributed to gold production and 70% of operating costs were attributed to copper production. Six months ended June 30, 2024 (in millions of U.S. dollars, except where noted) Gold Copper Total NEW AFTON CASH COSTS AND AISC RECONCILIATION (ON A CO-PRODUCT BASIS) Operating expenses 26.0 60.6 86.5 Units of metal sold 35,164 25.3 Operating expenses ($/oz gold or lb copper sold, co-product 3 738 2.39 Treatment and refining charges on concentrate sales 3.0 7.0 10.0 By-product silver revenue (0.5) (1.3) (1.8) Cash costs (co-product) 3 28.4 66.3 94.7 Cash costs per gold ounce sold or lb copper sold (co-product) 3 809 2.62 Sustaining capital expenditures 1 1.7 4.0 5.7 Sustaining leases 1 0.2 0.4 0.6 Reclamation expenses 0.4 1.0 1.4 All-in sustaining costs (co-product) 3 30.7 71.7 102.4 All-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold or lb copper sold (co-product) 3 874 2.83 (i) Apportioned to each metal produced on a percentage of activity basis. For the above reconciliation table, 30% of operating costs were attributed to gold production and 70% of operating costs were attributed to copper production. Sustaining Capital Expenditures Reconciliation Table Adjusted Net Earnings/(Loss) and Adjusted Net Earnings per Share "Adjusted net earnings" and "adjusted net earnings per share" are non-GAAP financial performance measures that do not have any standardized meaning under IFRS Accounting Standards and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. Net earnings have been adjusted, including the associated tax impact, for loss on repayment of long-term debt, corporate restructuring and the group of costs in "Other gains and losses" as per Note 3 of the Company's unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements. Key entries in this grouping are: the fair value changes for the Rainy River gold stream obligation, fair value changes for copper price option contracts, foreign exchange gains/loss, fair value changes in investments and the unrealized gain/loss on the gold prepayment liability. The income tax adjustments reflect the tax impact of the above adjustments and is referred to as "adjusted tax expense". The Company uses "adjusted net earnings" for its own internal purposes. Management's internal budgets and forecasts and public guidance do not reflect the items which have been excluded from the determination of "adjusted net earnings". Consequently, the presentation of "adjusted net earnings" enables investors to better understand the underlying operating performance of the Company's core mining business through the eyes of management. Management periodically evaluates the components of "adjusted net earnings" based on an internal assessment of performance measures that are useful for evaluating the operating performance of New Gold's business and a review of the non-GAAP financial performance measures used by mining industry analysts and other mining companies. "Adjusted net earnings" and "adjusted net earnings per share" are intended to provide additional information only and should not be considered in isolation or as substitutes for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards. These measures are not necessarily indicative of operating profit or cash flows from operations as determined under IFRS Accounting Standards. The following table reconciles these non-GAAP financial performance measures to the most directly comparable IFRS Accounting Standards measure. Cash Generated from Operations, before Changes in Non-Cash Operating Working Capital "Cash generated from operations, before changes in non-cash operating working capital" is a non-GAAP financial performance measure that does not have any standardized meaning under IFRS Accounting Standards and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. Other companies may calculate this measure differently and this measure is unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. "Cash generated from operations, before changes in non-cash operating working capital" excludes changes in non-cash operating working capital. New Gold believes this non-GAAP financial measure provides further transparency and assists analysts, investors and other stakeholders of the Company in assessing the Company's ability to generate cash from its operations before temporary working capital changes. Cash generated from operations, before non-cash changes in working capital is intended to provide additional information only and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards. This measure is not necessarily indicative of operating profit or cash flows from operations as determined under IFRS Accounting Standards. The following table reconciles this non-GAAP financial performance measure to the most directly comparable IFRS Accounting Standards measure. Free Cash Flow "Free cash flow" is a non-GAAP financial performance measure that does not have any standardized meaning under IFRS Accounting Standards and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. New Gold defines "free cash flow" as cash generated from operations and proceeds of sale of other assets less capital expenditures on mining interests, lease payments, settlement of non-current derivative financial liabilities which include the Rainy River gold stream obligation and the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan free cash flow interest. New Gold believes this non-GAAP financial performance measure provides further transparency and assists analysts, investors and other stakeholders of the Company in assessing the Company's ability to generate cash flow from current operations. "Free cash flow" is intended to provide additional information only and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards. This measure is not necessarily indicative of operating profit or cash flows from operations as determined under IFRS Accounting Standards. The following tables reconcile this non-GAAP financial performance measure to the most directly comparable IFRS Accounting Standards measure on an aggregate and mine-by-mine basis. Three months ended June 30, 2024 (in millions of U.S. dollars) Rainy River New Afton Other Total FREE CASH FLOW RECONCILIATION Cash generated from operations 59.2 47.5 (6.3) 100.4 Less: Mining interest capital expenditures (39.7) (32.5) — (72.2) Add: Proceeds of sale from other assets — 0.2 — 0.2 Less: Lease payments (0.1) (0.3) (0.1) (0.5) Less: Cash settlement of non-current derivative financial liabilities (7.5) — — (7.5) Free Cash Flow 1 11.9 14.9 (6.4) 20.4 Six months ended June 30, 2025 (in millions of U.S. dollars) Rainy River New Afton Other Total FREE CASH FLOW RECONCILIATION Cash generated from operations 164.1 136.0 (29.6) 270.5 Less: Mining interest capital expenditures (116.6) (50.7) — (167.3) Less: Lease payments (1.9) (0.1) (0.3) (2.3) Less: Cash settlement of non-current derivative financial liabilities (13.5) — — (13.5) Free Cash Flow 1 32.1 85.2 (29.9) 87.4 Six months ended June 30, 2024 (in millions of U.S. dollars) Rainy River New Afton Other Total FREE CASH FLOW RECONCILIATION Cash generated from operations 94.4 75.7 (14.9) 155.2 Less: Mining interest capital expenditures (69.4) (63.9) — (133.3) Add: Proceeds of sale from other assets — 0.2 — 0.2 Less: Lease payments (1.0) (0.5) (0.3) (1.8) Less: Cash settlement of non-current derivative financial liabilities (14.7) — — (14.7) Free Cash Flow 1 9.3 11.5 (15.2) 5.6 Average Realized Price "Average realized price per ounce of gold sold" is a non-GAAP financial performance measure that does not have any standardized meaning under IFRS Accounting Standards and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers, who may calculate this measure differently. Management uses this measure to better understand the price realized in each reporting period for gold sales. "Average realized price per ounce of gold sold" is intended to provide additional information only and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards. The following tables reconcile this non-GAAP financial performance measure to the most directly comparable IFRS Accounting Standards measure on an aggregate and mine-by-mine basis. Three months ended June 30 Six months ended June 30 (in millions of U.S. dollars, except where noted) 2025 2024 2025 2024 TOTAL AVERAGE REALIZED PRICE Revenue from gold sales 249.3 156.6 398.7 301.0 Treatment and refining charges on gold concentrate sales 1.4 2.2 3.0 4.2 Gross revenue from gold sales 250.7 158.8 401.7 305.2 Gold ounces sold 75,596 67,697 127,760 137,774 Total average realized price per gold ounce sold ($/ounce) 1 3,317 2,346 3,145 2,216 Three months ended June 30 Six months ended June 30 (in millions of U.S. dollars, except where noted) 2025 2024 2025 2024 NEW AFTON AVERAGE REALIZED PRICE Revenue from gold sales 55.0 40.9 107.7 74.7 Treatment and refining charges on gold concentrate sales 1.4 2.2 3.0 4.2 Gross revenue from gold sales 56.4 43.1 110.7 78.9 Gold ounces sold 16,852 18,184 35,284 35,164 New Afton average realized price per gold ounce sold ($/ounce) 1 3,348 2,372 3,139 2,244 Three months ended June 30 Six months ended June 30 (in millions of U.S. dollars, except where noted) 2025 2024 2025 2024 RAINY RIVER AVERAGE REALIZED PRICE Revenue from gold sales 194.3 115.7 291.0 226.4 Gold ounces sold 58,744 49,513 92,476 102,610 Rainy River average realized price per gold ounce sold ($/ounce) 1 3,308 2,336 3,147 2,206 For additional information with respect to the non-GAAP measures used by the Company, refer to the detailed "Non-GAAP Financial Performance Measure" section disclosure in the MD&A for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 filed on SEDAR+ at and on EDGAR at Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements Certain information contained in this news release, including any information relating to New Gold's future financial or operating performance are "forward-looking". All statements in this news release, other than statements of historical fact, which address events, results, outcomes or developments that New Gold expects to occur are "forward-looking statements". Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "targeted", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates", "projects", "potential", "believes" or variations of such words and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "should", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved" or the negative connotation of such terms. Forward-looking statements in this news release include, among others, statements with respect to: the Company's expectations and guidance with respect to production, costs, capital investment and expenses on a mine-by-mine and consolidated basis, associated timing and accomplishing the factors contributing to those expectations; successfully completing the Company's growth projects and the significant increase in production in 2025 and in coming years as a result thereof; successfully reducing operating costs and capital expenditures and the consistent free cash flow anticipated to be generated as a result thereof commencing in the second half of 2025; the Company successfully advancing underground development; expectations that the Company will achieve annual guidance; expectation that New Afton's C-Zone will process approximately 16,000 tonnes per day beginning in 2026; the Company's ability to implement its near-term operational plan and to repay future indebtedness; the Company's expectations regarding its liquidity position and its ability to fund its business objectives; the anticipated timing with respect to the Company's contractual commitments becoming due; the sufficiency of the Company's financial performance measures in evaluating the underlying performance of the Company; and any statements about tariffs and the possible impacts on the Company. All forward-looking statements in this news release are based on the opinions and estimates of management as of the date such statements are made and are subject to important risk factors and uncertainties, many of which are beyond New Gold's ability to control or predict. Certain material assumptions regarding such forward-looking statements are discussed in this news release, its most recent Annual Information Form and NI 43-101 Technical Reports on the Rainy River Mine and New Afton Mine filed on SEDAR+ at and on EDGAR at In addition to, and subject to, such assumptions discussed in more detail elsewhere, the forward-looking statements in this news release are also subject to the following assumptions: (1) there being no significant disruptions affecting New Gold's operations, including material disruptions to the Company's supply chain, workforce or otherwise; (2) political and legal developments in jurisdictions where New Gold operates, or may in the future operate, being consistent with New Gold's current expectations; (3) the accuracy of New Gold's current Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource estimates and the grade of gold, silver and copper expected to be mined; (4) the exchange rate between the Canadian dollar and U.S. dollar, and to a lesser extent, the Mexican Peso, and commodity prices being approximately consistent with current levels and expectations for the purposes of guidance and otherwise; (5) prices for diesel, natural gas, fuel oil, electricity and other key supplies being approximately consistent with current levels; (6) equipment, labour and materials costs increasing on a basis consistent with New Gold's current expectations; (7) arrangements with First Nations and other Indigenous groups in respect of New Afton and Rainy River being consistent with New Gold's current expectations; (8) all required permits, licenses and authorizations being obtained from the relevant governments and other relevant stakeholders within the expected timelines and the absence of material negative comments or obstacles during the applicable regulatory processes; and (9) the results of the life of mine plans for Rainy River and New Afton being realized. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based on estimates and assumptions that are inherently subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, without limitation: price volatility in the spot and forward markets for metals and other commodities; discrepancies between actual and estimated production, between actual and estimated costs, between actual and estimated Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources and between actual and estimated metallurgical recoveries; equipment malfunction, failure or unavailability; accidents; risks related to early production at Rainy River, including failure of equipment, machinery, the process circuit or other processes to perform as designed or intended; the speculative nature of mineral exploration and development, including the risks of obtaining and maintaining the validity and enforceability of the necessary licenses and permits and complying with the permitting requirements of each jurisdiction in which New Gold operates, including, but not limited to: uncertainties and unanticipated delays associated with obtaining and maintaining necessary licenses, permits and authorizations and complying with permitting requirements; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; changing costs, timelines and development schedules as it relates to construction; the Company not being able to complete its construction projects at Rainy River or New Afton on the anticipated timeline or at all; volatility in the market price of the Company's securities; changes in national and local government legislation in the countries in which New Gold does or may in the future carry on business; compliance with public company disclosure obligations; controls, regulations and political or economic developments in the countries in which New Gold does or may in the future carry on business; the Company's dependence on Rainy River and New Afton mines; the Company not being able to complete its exploration drilling programs on the anticipated timeline or at all; inadequate water management and stewardship; tailings storage facilities and structure failures; failing to complete stabilization projects according to plan; geotechnical instability and conditions; disruptions to the Company's workforce at either Rainy River or New Afton, or both; significant capital requirements and the availability and management of capital resources; additional funding requirements; diminishing quantities or grades of Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources; actual results of current exploration or reclamation activities; uncertainties inherent to mining economic studies including the Technical Reports for Rainy River mine and New Afton mine; impairment; unexpected delays and costs inherent to consulting and accommodating rights of First Nations and other Indigenous groups; climate change, environmental risks and hazards and the Company's response thereto; ability to obtain and maintain sufficient insurance; actual results of current exploration or reclamation activities; fluctuations in the international currency markets and in the rates of exchange of the currencies of Canada, the United States and, to a lesser extent, Mexico; global economic and financial conditions and any global or local natural events that may impede the economy or New Gold's ability to carry on business in the normal course; inflation; compliance with debt obligations and maintaining sufficient liquidity; the responses of the relevant governments to any disease, epidemic or pandemic outbreak not being sufficient to contain the impact of such outbreak; disruptions to the Company's supply chain and workforce due to any disease, epidemic or pandemic outbreak; an economic recession or downturn as a result of any disease, epidemic or pandemic outbreak that materially adversely affects the Company's operations or liquidity position; taxation; fluctuation in treatment and refining charges; transportation and processing of unrefined products; rising costs or availability of labour, supplies, fuel and equipment; adequate infrastructure; relationships with communities, governments and other stakeholders; labour disputes; effectiveness of supply chain due diligence; the uncertainties inherent in current and future legal challenges to which New Gold is or may become a party; defective title to mineral claims or property or contests over claims to mineral properties; competition; loss of, or inability to attract, key employees; use of derivative products and hedging transactions; reliance on third-party contractors; counterparty risk and the performance of third party service providers; investment risks and uncertainty relating to the value of equity investments in public companies held by the Company from time to time; the adequacy of internal and disclosure controls; conflicts of interest; the lack of certainty with respect to foreign operations and legal systems, which may not be immune from the influence of political pressure, corruption or other factors that are inconsistent with the rule of law; the successful acquisitions and integration of business arrangements and realizing the intended benefits therefrom; and information systems security threats. In addition, there are risks and hazards associated with the business of mineral exploration, development, construction, operation and mining, including environmental events and hazards, industrial accidents, unusual or unexpected formations, pressures, cave-ins, flooding and gold bullion losses (and the risk of inadequate insurance or inability to obtain insurance to cover these risks) as well as "Risk Factors" included in New Gold's Annual Information Form and other disclosure documents filed on and available on SEDAR+ at and on EDGAR at Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and actual results and future events could materially differ from those anticipated in such statements. All of the forward-looking statements contained in this news release are qualified by these cautionary statements. New Gold expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, events or otherwise, except in accordance with applicable securities laws. Technical Information All scientific and technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Travis Murphy, Vice President, Operations of New Gold. Mr. Murphy is a Professional Geoscientist, a member of Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia. Mr. Murphy is a "Qualified Person" for the purposes of NI 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. SOURCE New Gold Inc.
Cision Canada
29-04-2025
- Business
- Cision Canada
NEW GOLD REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2025 RESULTS
Solid Quarterly Performance Leads to Free Cash Flow Generation, Critical Path Items Achieved to Allow for Ramp-up in Production and Exploration Activities Going Forward (All amounts are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated) TORONTO, April 29, 2025 /CNW/ - New Gold Inc. ("New Gold" or the "Company") (TSX: NGD) (NYSE American: NGD) today reported financial and operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2025. "The first four months of the year have been exceptionally positive for New Gold in achieving our strategic objectives," stated Patrick Godin, President and CEO. "We increased our future free cash flow by consolidating our interest in New Afton to 100%. We successfully refinanced and extended our senior notes and extended our credit facility. During the quarter, we also delivered two new Technical Reports outlining strong production profiles with lower costs. Collectively, these milestones are expected to create meaningful value for our shareholders and provide increased financial flexibility and optionality for New Gold moving forward." "Operationally, we delivered our first quarter as planned, advancing several critical path objectives to set ourselves up to achieve our annual guidance. At New Afton, B3 grades were higher than expected as the cave nears exhaustion, which is now expected by the end of the second quarter of 2025. At Rainy River, our efforts to sequence waste stripping in the early months of the year have allowed us to remain on-track for a step-up in production starting in the second quarter, and to deliver an improved second half of the year. Additionally, underground development continues to advance, and I'm pleased to report the successful pit portal breakthrough occurred in early April, an important catalyst that enables the underground ramp-up to advance throughout the year," stated Mr. Godin. "On the exploration front, the New Afton K-Zone exploration drift is now partially available for drilling, and our exploration efforts targeting K-Zone are expected to ramp-up aggressively. At Rainy River, exploration drilling focused on testing growth opportunities along the NW Trend. I look forward to providing updates on these efforts in the coming quarters," added Mr. Godin. First Quarter Sees Strong Performance from New Afton, Rainy River On-Track for Ramp-up in Production Through Remainder of the Year First quarter consolidated production was 52,186 ounces of gold and 13.6 million pounds of copper at all-in sustaining costs 1,2 of $1,727 per gold ounce sold. First quarter gold production represented approximately 15% of the midpoint of annual consolidated production guidance of 325,000 to 365,000 ounces of gold, slightly ahead of the planned first quarter of 14%. New Afton first quarter production was 18,278 ounces of gold and 13.6 million pounds of copper at an all-in sustaining costs 1,2 of ($687) per gold ounce sold. First quarter production represented approximately 28% and 25% of the midpoint of annual guidance of 60,000 to 70,000 ounces of gold and 50 to 60 million pounds of copper, respectively, higher than the planned first quarter of 20% due to continued strong B3 grades leading to higher than planned head grades. C-Zone cave construction continues to advance on schedule, facilitating a step up in copper and gold production in the second half of 2025. Undercutting is on track for completion in May and cave construction progress is more than 50% complete, as of the end of March. Other key project milestones completed in the first quarter include the relocation of the secondary sizer and commissioning of the C-Zone dewatering system. The flotation cleaner circuit upgrade is on schedule for commissioning in the third quarter, with construction commencing in April. This project is expected to improve copper and gold recoveries as the operation ramps up to full processing capacity of approximately 16,000 tonnes per day beginning in 2026. Rainy River first quarter production was 33,908 ounces of gold at an all-in sustaining costs 1,2 of $2,758 per gold ounce sold. First quarter production represented approximately 12% of the midpoint of annual guidance of 265,000 to 295,000 ounces of gold, slightly ahead of the planned first quarter of 11%. As outlined in the Rainy River operational outlook, open pit mining in the first quarter focused on waste stripping, with most of the mill feed coming from the low-grade stockpile. With the final waste stripping campaign for Phase 4 completed in April, the remaining benches are planned to provide ore production through to 2026 at an average strip ratio of 1:1. The Rainy River underground mine achieved an important milestone with the breakthrough of the ramp to the pit portal in early April. The connection to the pit provides an immediate reduction in underground haulage distances, improves ventilation, and establishes a second means of egress to facilitate stope production from several new mining zones as they come online in late-2025. The Company is on-track to deliver its 2025 consolidated production guidance of 325,000 to 365,000 ounces of gold and 50 to 60 million pounds of copper at all-in sustaining costs 1,2 of $1,025 to $1,125 per gold ounce sold. Fourth Consecutive Quarter of Free Cash Flow Generation, Strategic Corporate Activities Supporting the Transformation of New Gold's Growth The Company generated cash flow from operations of $108 million and free cash flow 4 of $25 million after investing over $43 million in advancing growth projects during the quarter. This was highlighted by New Afton's impressive $52 million in free cash flow 2. The Company exited the first quarter in a strong financial position, with cash and cash equivalents of $213 million. On February 12, 2025, the Company provided its three-year operational outlook and filed Technical Reports for the New Afton and Rainy River mines outlining New Gold's strong production profile with declining costs, strong free cash flow generation and increasing net asset value while also highlighting upside to build on over the longer-term (see February 12, 2025 news release for additional information). On March 4, 2025, the Company completed a $400 million senior notes offering with an interest rate of 6.875% and due in 2032 that was used to fund the purchase and cancellation of approximately $289 million of its outstanding 7.50% senior notes due in 2027. The Company intends to redeem the approximately $111 million remaining 2027 senior notes on or about July 15, 2025. In connection with the offering, S&P upgraded the Company's corporate rating from B to B+, upgraded the bond rating from B to BB-, and upgraded their outlook from Stable to Positive. Moody's maintained the Company's B2 corporate rating and B3 rating on the bonds and upgraded their outlook from Stable to Positive. On March 24, 2025, the Company and its syndicate of lenders executed an amendment to its existing revolving credit facility. Under the amendment, the term has been extended by four years, now maturing on March 23, 2029. An accordion feature has also been added, which allows the principal amount of the credit facility to be increased by up to $100 million, subject to certain conditions. Subsequent to quarter end, the Company entered into an agreement with Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan to acquire the remaining 19.9% free cash flow interest in the Company's New Afton Mine. The transaction is to be funded with cash on hand, borrowings from its existing credit facility, and a gold prepayment financing. Importantly, the transaction comes with no equity dilution to New Gold shareholders. Following the transaction, the Company will have fully consolidated its free cash flow interest in New Afton to 100%. The transaction is expected to close in early May (see April 7, 2025 news release for additional information). The $100 million gold prepayment associated with the New Afton transaction was finalized in mid-April. The Company has agreed to deliver approximately 2,771 ounces of gold per month over the July 2025 to June 2026 period at an average price of $3,157 per gold ounce. New Afton K-Zone First Exploration Drill Bay Complete, Both Operations Advance Technical Studies for Growth Projects At New Afton, the exploration priority for 2025 remains on K-Zone. Development of the 4500 Level exploration drift to target K-Zone is well advanced, with the first exploration drill bay now operational. The new exploration drift will facilitate infill drilling to support Mineral Resource development and exploration drilling to test extensions to the east and at depth. In parallel, preliminary technical studies are underway to assess potential mining scenarios for K-Zone, HW Zone, and D-Zone with the potential to extend New Afton mine life beyond 2031. At Rainy River, following the significant increase in open pit Mineral Resources in 2024, the Company continues to expand, define, and evaluate opportunities to extend open pit mine life and keep the processing plant operating at full capacity beyond 2029. First quarter drilling was focused on testing growth opportunities along the NW Trend open pit target, while technical studies on potential pushbacks to the south of the main pit advanced, including the evaluation of waste rock and tailings storage options. Consolidated Financial Highlights Q1 2025 Q1 2024 Revenue ($M) 209.1 192.1 Operating expenses ($M) 103.4 106.8 Depreciation and depletion ($M) 57.2 62.7 Net loss ($M) (16.7) (43.5) Net loss, per share ($) (0.02) (0.6) Adj. net earnings ($M) 1 12.0 13.1 Adj. net earnings, per share ($) 1 0.02 0.02 Cash generated from operations ($M) 107.5 54.7 Cash generated from operations, per share ($) 0.14 0.08 Cash generated from operations, before changes in non-cash operating working capital ($M) 1 90.0 72.5 Cash generated from operations, before changes in non-cash operating working capital, per share ($) 1 0.11 0.11 Free cash flow ($M) 1 24.9 (14.9) Revenue increased over the prior-year period primarily due to higher metal prices and higher copper sales volume, partially offset by lower gold sales volume. Operating expenses were in-line with the prior-year period. Depreciation expense decreased when compared to the prior-year period due to lower gold production and open-pit tonnes mined at Rainy River. Net earnings increased over the prior-year period primarily due to an increase in revenues. Adjusted net earnings 1 were relatively in-line with the prior-year period. Cash generated from operations and free cash flow 1 increased over the prior-year period primarily due to higher revenue. Consolidated Operational Highlights Q1 2025 Q1 2024 Gold production (ounces) 4 52,186 70,898 Gold sold (ounces) 4 52,164 70,077 Copper production (Mlbs) 4 13.6 13.3 Copper sold (MIbs) 4 13.2 12.0 Gold revenue, per ounce ($) 5 2,864 2,061 Copper revenue, per pound ($) 5 4.17 3.64 Average realized gold price, per ounce ($) 1 2,894 2,090 Average realized copper price, per pound ($) 1 4.30 3.86 Operating expenses per gold ounce sold ($/ounce, co-product) 3 1,437 1,106 Operating expenses per copper pound sold ($/pound, co-product) 3 2.15 2.44 Depreciation and depletion per gold ounce sold ($/ounce) 5 1,100 897 Cash costs per gold ounce sold (by-product basis) ($/ounce) 1,2 869 874 All-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold (by-product basis) ($/ounce) 1,2 1,727 1,396 Sustaining capital ($M) 1 32.7 25.9 Growth capital ($M) 1 42.5 35.1 Total capital ($M) 75.2 61.1 New Afton Mine Operational Highlights New Afton Mine Q1 2025 Q1 2024 Gold production (ounces) 4 18,278 18,179 Gold sold (ounces) 4 18,432 16,980 Copper production (Mlbs) 4 13.6 13.3 Copper sold (Mlbs) 4 13.2 12.0 Gold revenue, per ounce ($) 5 2,861 1,988 Copper revenue, per ounce ($) 5 4.17 3.64 Average realized gold price, per ounce ($) 1 2,947 2,108 Average realized copper price, per pound ($) 1 4.30 3.86 Operating expenses ($/oz gold, co-product) 3 662 740 Operating expenses ($/lb copper, co-product) 3 2.15 2.44 Depreciation and depletion ($/ounce) 5 1,331 1,216 Cash costs per gold ounce sold (by-product basis) ($/ounce) 1,2 (769) (34) Cash costs per gold ounce sold ($/ounce,co-product) 1,3 696 811 Cash costs per copper pound sold ($/pound, co-product) 1,3 2.26 2.67 All-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold (by-product basis) ($/ounce) 1,2 (687) 241 All-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold ($/ounce, co-product) 1,3 720 894 All-in sustaining costs per copper pound sold ($/pound, co-product) 1,3 2.34 2.94 Sustaining capital ($M) 1 0.7 3.7 Growth capital ($M) 1 23.3 27.7 Total capital ($M) 24.0 31.4 Free cash flow ($M) 1 52.5 (3.6) Operating Key Performance Indicators First quarter production was 18,278 ounces of gold (inclusive of ore purchase agreements) and 13.6 million pounds of copper. The increase over the prior-year period was due to higher tonnes processed, partially offset by lower grade and recovery. Operating expenses per gold ounce sold 5 and per copper pound sold decreased over the prior-year period, primarily due to higher gold and copper sales volumes, and lower underground mining and processing costs with the gyratory crusher completed in Q4 2024 reducing underground haulage costs. All-in sustaining costs 1,2 per gold ounce sold decreased over the prior-year period, primarily due to higher sales volumes, higher by-product revenues, and lower sustaining capital spend. Total capital expenditures decreased over the prior-year period due to lower sustaining and growth capital spend. Sustaining capital 1 primarily related to equipment and vehicles. Growth capital 1 primarily related to C-Zone underground mine development, and cave construction. Free cash flow was $52 million, an improvement over the prior-year period due to higher revenues and lower operating expenses. Rainy River Mine Operational Highlights Rainy River Mine Q1 2025 Q1 2024 Gold production (ounces) 4 33,908 52,719 Gold sold (ounces) 4 33,732 53,097 Gold revenue, per ounce ($) 5 2,866 2,085 Average realized gold price, per ounce ($) 1 2,866 2,085 Operating expenses per gold ounce sold ($/ounce) 5 1,861 1,223 Depreciation and depletion per gold ounce sold ($/ounce) 5 969 792 Cash costs per gold ounce sold (by-product basis) ($/ounce) 1,2 1,764 1,165 All-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold (by-product basis) ($/ounce) 1,2 2,758 1,638 Sustaining capital ($M) 1 32.0 22.2 Growth capital ($M) 1 19.3 7.4 Total capital ($M) 51.3 29.6 Free cash flow ($M) (12.8) (2.5) Operating Key Performance Indicators First quarter gold production was 33,908 ounces, a decrease over the prior-year period as planned primarily due to the focus on waste stripping in the quarter, which resulted in the majority of the mill feed coming from the low-grade stockpile. Operating expenses per gold ounce sold increased over the prior-year period due to lower sales volumes. All-in sustaining costs 1,2 per gold ounce sold increased over the prior-year period primarily due to lower sales volumes, and higher sustaining capital from capitalized waste stripping. Total capital expenditures increased over the prior-year period due to higher sustaining and growth capital spend. Sustaining capital 1 primarily related to capitalized waste stripping, tailings dam raise, and capital components. Growth capital 1 related to underground development as the Underground Main and Intrepid zones continue to advance. Free cash flow was a net outflow of $13 million (net of $6 million stream payment), a decrease compared to the prior-year period primarily due to lower revenue. First Quarter 2025 Conference Call and Webcast The Company will release its first quarter 2025 financial results after market close on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. A conference call and webcast will be hosted on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 8:30 am Eastern Time. Participants may listen to the webcast by registering on our website at or via the following link Participants may also listen to the conference call by calling North American toll free 1-888-699-1199, or 1-416-945-7677 outside of the U.S. and Canada, passcode 65691 To join the conference call without operator assistance, you may register and enter your phone number at to receive an instant automated call back. A recorded playback of the conference call will be available until May 30, 2025 by calling North American toll free 1-888-660-6345, or 1-289-819-1450 outside of the U.S. and Canada, passcode 65691. An archived webcast will also be available at About New Gold New Gold is a Canadian-focused intermediate mining Company with a portfolio of two core producing assets in Canada, the New Afton copper-gold mine and the Rainy River gold mine. New Gold's vision is to be the most valued intermediate gold and copper producer through profitable and responsible mining for our shareholders and stakeholders. For further information on the Company, visit Endnotes 1. "Cash costs per gold ounce sold", "all-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold" (or "AISC"), "adjusted net earnings/(loss)", "adjusted tax expense", "sustaining capital and sustaining leases", "growth capital", "average realized gold/copper price per ounce/pound","cash generated from operations before changes in non-cash operating working capital", "free cash flow" "open pit net mining costs per operating tonne mined", "underground net mining costs per operating tonne mined", "processing costs per tonne processed", and "G&A costs per tonne processed" are all non-GAAP financial performance measures that are used in this MD&A. These measures do not have any standardized meaning under IFRS Accounting Standards, as issued by the IASB, and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. For more information about these measures, why they are used by the Company, and a reconciliation to the most directly comparable measure under IFRS, see the "Non-GAAP Financial Performance Measures" section of this press release. 2. The Company produces copper and silver as by-products of its gold production. All-in sustaining costs based on a by-product basis, which includes silver and copper net revenues as by-product credits to the total costs. These are extraction concepts, as the commodities produced represent commodities sold in the course of the Company's ordinary activities. 3. Co-product basis includes net silver sales revenues as by-product credits, and apportions net costs to each metal produced by 30% gold, 70% copper, and subsequently dividing the amount by the total gold ounces sold, or pounds of copper sold, to arrive at per ounce or per pound figures. These are extraction concepts, as the commodities produced represent commodities sold in the course of the Company's ordinary activities 4. Production is shown on a total contained basis while sales are shown on a net payable basis, including final product inventory and smelter payable adjustments, where applicable. 5. These are supplementary financial measures which are calculated as follows: "Revenue gold ($/ounce)" and "Revenue copper ($/pound)" is total gold revenue divided by total gold ounces sold and total copper revenue divided by copper pounds sold, respectively, "Operating expenses ($/oz gold, co-product)" is total operating expenses apportioned to gold based on a percentage of activity basis divided by total gold ounces sold, "Operating expenses ($/lb copper, co-product)" is total operating expenses apportioned to copper based on a percentage of activity basis divided by total copper pounds sold; "Depreciation and depletion ($/oz gold)" is depreciation and depletion expenses divided by total gold ounces sold. 6. Key performance indicator data for the three months ended March 31, 2025 is exclusive of ounces from ore purchase agreements for New Afton. The New Afton Mine purchases small amounts of ore from local operations, subject to certain grade and other criteria. These ounces represented approximately 1% of total gold ounces produced using New Afton's excess mill capacity. All other ounces are mined and produced at New Afton. Non-GAAP Financial Performance Measures Cash Costs per Gold Ounce Sold "Cash costs per gold ounce sold" is a common non-GAAP financial performance measure used in the gold mining industry but does not have any standardized meaning under IFRS Accounting Standards and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. New Gold reports cash costs on a sales basis and not on a production basis. The Company believes that, in addition to conventional measures prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards, this measure, along with sales, is a key indicator of the Company's ability to generate operating earnings and cash flow from its mining operations. This measure allows investors to better evaluate corporate performance and the Company's ability to generate liquidity through operating cash flow to fund future capital exploration and working capital needs. This measure is intended to provide additional information only and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards. This measure is not necessarily indicative of cash generated from operations under IFRS Accounting Standards or operating costs presented under IFRS Accounting Standards. Cash costs figures are calculated in accordance with a standard developed by The Gold Institute, a worldwide association of suppliers of gold and gold products that ceased operations in 2002. Adoption of the standard is voluntary and the cost measures presented may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies. Cash costs include mine site operating costs such as mining, processing and administration costs, royalties, and production taxes, but are exclusive of amortization, reclamation, capital and exploration costs and net of by-product revenue. Cash costs are then divided by gold ounces sold to arrive at the cash costs per gold ounce sold. The Company produces copper and silver as by-products of its gold production. The calculation of cash costs per gold ounce for Rainy River is net of by-product silver sales revenue, and the calculation of cash costs per gold ounce sold for New Afton is net of by-product copper and silver sales revenue. New Gold notes that in connection with New Afton, the by-product revenue is sufficiently large to result in a negative cash costs on a single mine basis. Notwithstanding this by-product contribution, as a Company focused on gold production, New Gold aims to assess the economic results of its operations in relation to gold, which is the primary driver of New Gold's business. New Gold believes this metric is of interest to its investors, who invest in the Company primarily as a gold mining Company. To determine the relevant costs associated with gold only, New Gold believes it is appropriate to reflect all operating costs, as well as any revenue related to metals other than gold that are extracted in its operations. To provide additional information to investors, New Gold has also calculated New Afton's cash costs on a co-product basis, which removes the impact of copper sales that are produced as a by-product of gold production and apportions the cash costs to each metal produced by 30% gold, 70% copper, and subsequently divides the amount by the total gold ounces, or pounds of copper sold, as the case may be, to arrive at per ounce or per pound figures. Unless indicated otherwise, all cash costs information in this MD&A is net of by-product sales. Sustaining Capital and Sustaining Leases "Sustaining capital" and "sustaining lease" are non-GAAP financial performance measures that do not have any standardized meaning under IFRS Accounting Standards and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. New Gold defines "sustaining capital" as net capital expenditures that are intended to maintain operation of its gold producing assets. Similarly, a "sustaining lease" is a lease payment that is sustaining in nature. To determine "sustaining capital" expenditures, New Gold uses cash flow related to mining interests from its consolidated statement of cash flows and deducts any expenditures that are capital expenditures to develop new operations or capital expenditures related to major projects at existing operations where these projects will significantly increase production. Management uses "sustaining capital" and "sustaining lease" to understand the aggregate net result of the drivers of all-in sustaining costs other than cash costs. These measures are intended to provide additional information only and should not be considered in isolation or as substitutes for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards. Growth Capital "Growth capital" is a non-GAAP financial performance measure that does not have any standardized meaning under IFRS Accounting Standards and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. New Gold considers non-sustaining capital costs to be "growth capital", which are capital expenditures to develop new operations or capital expenditures related to major projects at existing operations where these projects will significantly increase production. To determine "growth capital" expenditures, New Gold uses cash flow related to mining interests from its consolidated statement of cash flows and deducts any expenditures that are capital expenditures that are intended to maintain operation of its gold producing assets. Management uses "growth capital" to understand the cost to develop new operations or related to major projects at existing operations where these projects will significantly increase production. This measure is intended to provide additional information only and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards. All-In Sustaining Costs (AISC) per Gold Ounce Sold "All-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold" or ("AISC") is a non-GAAP financial performance measure that does not have any standardized meaning under IFRS Accounting Standards and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. New Gold calculates "all-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold" based on guidance announced by the World Gold Council ("WGC") in September 2013. The WGC is a non-profit association of the world's leading gold mining companies established in 1987 to promote the use of gold to industry, consumers and investors. The WGC is not a regulatory body and does not have the authority to develop accounting standards or disclosure requirements. The WGC has worked with its member companies to develop a measure that expands on IFRS Accounting Standards measures to provide visibility into the economics of a gold mining company. Current IFRS Accounting Standards measures used in the gold industry, such as operating expenses, do not capture all of the expenditures incurred to discover, develop and sustain gold production. New Gold believes that "all-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold" provides further transparency into costs associated with producing gold and will assist analysts, investors, and other stakeholders of the Company in assessing its operating performance, its ability to generate free cash flow from current operations and its overall value. In addition, the Human Resources and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors uses "all-in sustaining costs", together with other measures, in its Company scorecard to set incentive compensation goals and assess performance. "All-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold" is intended to provide additional information only and does not have any standardized meaning under IFRS Accounting Standards and may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other mining companies. It should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards. The measure is not necessarily indicative of cash flow from operations under IFRS Accounting Standards or operating costs presented under IFRS Accounting Standards. New Gold defines all-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold as the sum of cash costs, net capital expenditures that are sustaining in nature, corporate general and administrative costs, sustaining leases, capitalized and expensed exploration costs that are sustaining in nature, and environmental reclamation costs, all divided by the total gold ounces sold to arrive at a per ounce figure. To determine sustaining capital expenditures, New Gold uses cash flow related to mining interests from its unaudited condensed interim consolidated statement of cash flows and deducts any expenditures that are non-sustaining (growth). Capital expenditures to develop new operations or capital expenditures related to major projects at existing operations where these projects will significantly benefit the operation are classified as growth and are excluded. The definition of sustaining versus non-sustaining is similarly applied to capitalized and expensed exploration costs. Exploration costs to develop new operations or that relate to major projects at existing operations where these projects are expected to significantly benefit the operation are classified as non-sustaining and are excluded. Costs excluded from all-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold are non-sustaining capital expenditures, non-sustaining lease payments and exploration costs, financing costs, tax expense, and transaction costs associated with mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, and any items that are deducted for the purposes of adjusted earnings. To provide additional information to investors, the Company has also calculated all-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold on a co-product basis for New Afton, which removes the impact of other metal sales that are produced as a by-product of gold production and apportions the all-in sustaining costs to each metal produced on a percentage of revenue basis, and subsequently divides the amount by the total gold ounces, or pounds of copper sold, as the case may be, to arrive at per ounce or per pound figures. By including cash costs as a component of all-in sustaining costs, the measure deducts by-product revenue from gross cash costs. The following tables reconcile the above non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable IFRS measure on an aggregate basis. Cash Costs and All-in Sustaining Costs per Gold Ounce Reconciliation Tables Three months ended March 31 (in millions of U.S. dollars, except where noted) 2025 2024 CONSOLIDATED CASH COST AND AISC RECONCILIATION Operating expenses 103.4 106.8 Treatment and refining charges on concentrate sales 3.3 4.7 By-product silver revenue (4.5) (3.8) By-product copper revenue (56.9) (46.5) Total Cash costs 1 45.3 61.3 Gold ounces sold 4 52,164 70,077 Cash costs per gold ounce sold (by-product basis) (2) 869 874.0 Sustaining capital expenditures 1 32.7 25.9 Sustaining exploration - expensed 0.0 0.1 Sustaining leases 1 0.2 1.3 Corporate G&A including share-based compensation 9.5 6.5 Reclamation expenses 2.3 2.7 Total all-in sustaining costs 1 90.0 97.8 Gold ounces sold 4 52,164 70,077 All-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold (by-product basis) 2 1,727 1,396 Three months ended March 31 (in millions of U.S. dollars, except where noted) 2025 2024 RAINY RIVER CASH COSTS AND AISC RECONCILIATION Operating expenses 62.8 64.9 By-product silver revenue (3.3) (3.1) Total Cash costs 1 59.5 61.8 Gold ounces sold 4 33,732 53,097 Cash costs per gold ounce sold (by-product basis) 2 1,764 1,165 Sustaining capital expenditures 1 32.0 22.2 Sustaining leases 1 — 0.9 Reclamation expenses 1.6 2.1 Total all-in sustaining costs 1 93.0 87.0 Gold ounces sold 4 33,732 53,097 All-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold (by-product basis) 2 2,758 1,638 Three months ended March 31 (in millions of U.S. dollars, except where noted) 2025 2024 NEW AFTON CASH COSTS AND AISC RECONCILIATION Operating expenses 40.7 41.9 Treatment and refining charges on concentrate sales 3.3 4.7 By-product silver revenue (1.2) (0.7) By-product copper revenue (56.9) (46.5) Total Cash costs 1 (14.2) (0.6) Gold ounces sold 4 18,432 16,980 Cash costs per gold ounce sold (by-product basis) 2 (769) (34) Sustaining capital expenditures 1 0.7 3.7 Sustaining leases (1) — 0.3 Reclamation expenses 0.8 0.7 Total all-in sustaining costs 1 (12.7) 4.1 Gold ounces sold 4 18,432 16,980 All-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold (by-product basis) 2 (687) 241 Three months ended March 31, 2025 (in millions of U.S. dollars, except where noted) Gold Copper Total NEW AFTON CASH COSTS AND AISC RECONCILIATION (ON A CO-PRODUCT BASIS) Operating expenses 12.2 28.5 40.7 Units of metal sold 18,432 13.2 Operating expenses ($/oz gold or lb copper sold, co-product 3 662 2.15 Treatment and refining charges on concentrate sales 1.0 2.3 3.3 By-product silver revenue (0.4) (0.8) (1.2) Cash costs (co-product) 3 12.8 29.9 42.7 Cash costs per gold ounce sold or lb copper sold (co-product) 3 696 2.26 Sustaining capital expenditures 1 0.2 0.5 0.7 Sustaining leases 1 — — — Reclamation expenses 0.2 0.5 0.8 All-in sustaining costs (co-product) 3 13.3 31.0 44.3 All-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold or lb copper sold (co-product) 3 720 2.34 (i) Apportioned to each metal produced on a percentage of activity basis. For the above reconciliation table, 30% of operating costs were attributed to gold production and 70% of operating costs were attributed to copper production. Three months ended March 31, 2024 (in millions of U.S. dollars, except where noted) Gold Copper Total NEW AFTON CASH COSTS AND AISC RECONCILIATION (ON A CO-PRODUCT BASIS) Operating expenses 12.6 29.3 41.9 Units of metal sold 16,980 12.0 Operating expenses ($/oz gold or lb copper sold, co-product 3 740 2.44 Treatment and refining charges on concentrate sales 1.4 3.3 4.7 By-product silver revenue (0.2) (0.5) (0.7) Cash costs (co-product) 3 13.8 32.1 45.9 Cash costs per gold ounce sold or lb copper sold (co-product) 3 811 2.67 Sustaining capital expenditures 1 1.1 2.6 3.7 Reclamation expenses 0.2 0.5 0.7 All-in sustaining costs (co-product) 3 15.2 35.41 50.6 All-in sustaining costs per gold ounce sold or lb copper sold (co-product) 3 894 2.94 (i) Apportioned to each metal produced on a percentage of activity basis. For the above reconciliation table, 30% of operating costs were attributed to gold production and 70% of operating costs were attributed to copper production. Sustaining Capital Expenditures Reconciliation Table Adjusted Net Earnings/(Loss) and Adjusted Net Earnings per Share "Adjusted net earnings" and "adjusted net earnings per share" are non-GAAP financial performance measures that do not have any standardized meaning under IFRS Accounting Standards and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. Net earnings have been adjusted, including the associated tax impact, for loss on repayment of long-term debt, corporate restructuring and the group of costs in "Other gains and losses" as per Note 3 of the Company's unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements. Key entries in this grouping are: the fair value changes for the Rainy River gold stream obligation, fair value changes for copper price option contracts, foreign exchange gains/loss, fair value changes in investments. The income tax adjustments reflect the tax impact of the above adjustments and is referred to as "adjusted tax expense". The Company uses "adjusted net earnings" for its own internal purposes. Management's internal budgets and forecasts and public guidance do not reflect the items which have been excluded from the determination of "adjusted net earnings". Consequently, the presentation of "adjusted net earnings" enables investors to better understand the underlying operating performance of the Company's core mining business through the eyes of management. Management periodically evaluates the components of "adjusted net earnings" based on an internal assessment of performance measures that are useful for evaluating the operating performance of New Gold's business and a review of the non-GAAP financial performance measures used by mining industry analysts and other mining companies. "Adjusted net earnings" and "adjusted net earnings per share" are intended to provide additional information only and should not be considered in isolation or as substitutes for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards. These measures are not necessarily indicative of operating profit or cash flows from operations as determined under IFRS Accounting Standards. The following table reconciles these non-GAAP financial performance measures to the most directly comparable IFRS Accounting Standards measure. Cash Generated from Operations, before Changes in Non-Cash Operating Working Capital "Cash generated from operations, before changes in non-cash operating working capital" is a non-GAAP financial performance measure that does not have any standardized meaning under IFRS Accounting Standards and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. Other companies may calculate this measure differently and this measure is unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. "Cash generated from operations, before changes in non-cash operating working capital" excludes changes in non-cash operating working capital. New Gold believes this non-GAAP financial measure provides further transparency and assists analysts, investors and other stakeholders of the Company in assessing the Company's ability to generate cash from its operations before temporary working capital changes. Cash generated from operations, before non-cash changes in working capital is intended to provide additional information only and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards. This measure is not necessarily indicative of operating profit or cash flows from operations as determined under IFRS Accounting Standards. The following table reconciles this non-GAAP financial performance measure to the most directly comparable IFRS Accounting Standards measure. Free Cash Flow "Free cash flow" is a non-GAAP financial performance measure that does not have any standardized meaning under IFRS Accounting Standards and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. New Gold defines "free cash flow" as cash generated from operations and proceeds of sale of other assets less capital expenditures on mining interests, lease payments, settlement of non-current derivative financial liabilities which include the Rainy River gold stream obligation and the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan free cash flow interest. New Gold believes this non-GAAP financial performance measure provides further transparency and assists analysts, investors and other stakeholders of the Company in assessing the Company's ability to generate cash flow from current operations. "Free cash flow" is intended to provide additional information only and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards. This measure is not necessarily indicative of operating profit or cash flows from operations as determined under IFRS Accounting Standards. The following tables reconcile this non-GAAP financial performance measure to the most directly comparable IFRS Accounting Standards measure on an aggregate and mine-by-mine basis. Three months ended March 31, 2024 (in millions of U.S. dollars) Rainy River New Afton Other Total FREE CASH FLOW RECONCILIATION Cash generated from operations 35.2 28.2 (8.7) 54.7 Less Mining interest capital expenditures (29.6) (31.5) (61.1) Add Proceeds of sale from other assets — — — — Less Lease payments (0.9) (0.3) (0.2) (1.3) Less Cash settlement of non-current derivative financial liabilities (7.2) (7.2) Free Cash Flow 1 (2.5) (3.6) (8.9) (14.9) Average Realized Price "Average realized price per ounce of gold sold" is a non-GAAP financial performance measure that does not have any standardized meaning under IFRS Accounting Standards and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. Other companies may calculate this measure differently and this measure is unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. Management uses this measure to better understand the price realized in each reporting period for gold sales. "Average realized price per ounce of gold sold" is intended to provide additional information only and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards. The following tables reconcile this non-GAAP financial performance measure to the most directly comparable IFRS Accounting Standards measure on an aggregate and mine-by-mine basis. Three months ended March 31 (in millions of U.S. dollars, except where noted) 2025 2024 RAINY RIVER AVERAGE REALIZED PRICE Revenue from gold sales 96.7 110.7 Gold ounces sold 33,732 53,097 Rainy River average realized price per gold ounce sold ($/ounce) 1 2,866 2,085 Three months ended March 31 (in millions of U.S. dollars, except where noted) 2025 2024 NEW AFTON AVERAGE REALIZED PRICE Revenue from gold sales 52.7 33.8 Treatment and refining charges on gold concentrate sales 1.6 2.0 Gross revenue from gold sales 54.3 35.8 Gold ounces sold 18,432 16,980 New Afton average realized price per gold ounce sold ($/ounce) 1 2,947 2,108 For additional information with respect to the non-GAAP measures used by the Company, refer to the detailed "Non-GAAP Financial Performance Measure" section disclosure in the MD&A for the three months ended March 31, 2025 filed on SEDAR+ at and on EDGAR at Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements Certain information contained in this news release, including any information relating to New Gold's future financial or operating performance are "forward-looking". All statements in this news release, other than statements of historical fact, which address events, results, outcomes or developments that New Gold expects to occur are "forward-looking statements". Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "targeted", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates", "projects", "potential", "believes" or variations of such words and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "should", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved" or the negative connotation of such terms. Forward-looking statements in this news release include, among others, statements with respect to: the Company's expectations and guidance with respect to production, costs, capital investment and expenses on a mine-by-mine and consolidated basis, associated timing and accomplishing the factors contributing to those expectations; successfully completing the Company's growth projects and an increase in production in the second half of the year as a result thereof; expectation that the Company will achieve annual guidance; successfully increasing free cash flow driven by increased production and improved costs throughout 2025; expectation that New Afton's C-Zone will process approximately 16,000 tonnes per day beginning in 2026; successfully extending New Afton mine life beyond 2031; successfully operating the Rainy River processing plant at full capacity beyond 2029; the Company's ability to successfully complete the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan transaction and the timing thereof, including receipt of all required regulatory approvals; the proposed benefits of the transaction to the Company's business, strategic objectives, financial condition, cash flows and results of operations and to its shareholders being attained; and successfully fulfilling the gold prepayment amount and timing of such financing. All forward-looking statements in this news release are based on the opinions and estimates of management that, while considered reasonable as at the date of this news release in light of management's experience and perception of current conditions and expected developments, are inherently subject to important risk factors and uncertainties, many of which are beyond New Gold's ability to control or predict. Certain material assumptions regarding such forward-looking statements are discussed in this news release, New Gold's latest annual management's discussion and analysis ("MD&A"), its most recent annual information form and technical reports on the Rainy River Mine and New Afton Mine filed on SEDAR+ at and on EDGAR at In addition to, and subject to, such assumptions discussed in more detail elsewhere, the forward-looking statements in this news release are also subject to there being no significant disruptions affecting New Gold's operations, including material disruptions to the Company's supply chain, workforce or otherwise. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based on estimates and assumptions that are inherently subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, without limitation, the "Risk Factors" included in New Gold's most recent annual information form, MD&A and other disclosure documents filed on and available on SEDAR+ at and on EDGAR at Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and actual results and future events could materially differ from those anticipated in such statements. All forward-looking statements contained in this news release are qualified by these cautionary statements. New Gold expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, events or otherwise, except in accordance with applicable securities laws. Technical Information All other scientific and technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Travis Murphy, Vice President, Operations of New Gold. Mr. Murphy is a Professional Geoscientist, a member of Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia. Mr. Murphy is a "Qualified Person" for the purposes of NI 43-101. SOURCE New Gold Inc.
CBC
29-03-2025
- Health
- CBC
Parents, midwives mourn closure of family birth unit at Montreal's Notre-Dame Hospital
It cost $25 million to build, but barely a year after its opening and less than six months in operation, the family birth unit at Montreal's Notre-Dame Hospital is closed for good. The CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal, which oversees the hospital, announced the closure a week ago, blaming a lack of specialized obstetrics staff. The loss is a "missed opportunity" and a blow for patients who would prefer to give birth outside of a traditional hospital setting, said Barbara Beccafico, a birth doula and board member with the Quebec Association of Doulas (AQD). "The community was very saddened," said Beccafico. "We felt like it was a beautiful project that was stillborn." The family birth unit emphasized physiological — or natural — medication-free births and collaborated with midwives, who shared their expertise and knowledge with the unit's nurses. The unit was supposed to accommodate 1,500 births a year or 125 a month. In the end, only 46 children were born there. In an email, Amaili Jetté, the president of the Regroupement les sages-femmes du Québec (RSFQ), a collective representing midwife groups, said it's important these kinds of collaborations continue in the future, while respecting each other's areas of competence and expertise. "Physiological births are in demand, and it is vital that we continue to offer care and facilities that meet the needs of the population," said Jetté, adding that the island of Montreal currently has five birthing centres and one midwifery service. Bridge between home and hospital Shannon Godin had planned on delivering her son, Tomas, at Notre-Dame Hospital, which is close to her home. The Notre-Dame unit was designed as a bridge between the experience of home births and that of hospital deliveries. Unlike a traditional hospital setting, the family birth unit had large, private rooms equipped with bath tubs. Birthing balls, stools and other supports such as slings and ceiling bars were also available to help patients during delivery. The patient would remain in the same room to recover rather than changing units, which Godin also liked. But when the family birth unit was temporarily closed last summer, Godin began to search for another option. A nurse herself, she said she isn't surprised the unit struggled to maintain staffing due to the nursing shortage throughout the health- care system. Even so, she admits it was "frustrating and disappointing" to have to start over and find a new place to give birth. "It's too bad that they went ahead and built it when they didn't have the resources to actually run it," said Godin. Needs have evolved The Notre-Dame Hospital family birth unit has faced a lot of challenges. Construction delays, recruitment difficulties and the COVID-19 pandemic postponed the project several times. It finally opened in February 2024. But by the summer, the unit had to temporarily suspend operations due to staffing difficulties, reduced availability of obstetricians and the arrival of the summer holiday period, said Marianne Paquette, a spokesperson for CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal. Last fall, the unit postponed its reopening indefinitely and an external consultant from the Health Ministry was called in to try to find a solution. Despite several recruitment drives, "specialized labour in this field is scarce and we have not been able to fill a sufficient number of positions to ensure a safe reopening," said Paquette. Paquette said the community's needs have also evolved since the project started seven years ago. The regional health authority said other birthing centres in greater Montreal have the capacity to handle the demand, given that latest projections show the birth rate will continue to decline. When Health Minister Christian Dubé was asked about the short-lived unit, he used it as an example to underline the importance of Santé Québec, the new Crown corporation responsible for the province's health-care system. "There were a lot of projects that were looked [at] on a standalone basis by an establishment," said Dubé. "We cannot just spend money on a local basis without thinking globally." But Beccafico said that decision is shortsighted. Although they understand the province is always looking to get the most bang for its buck, they say more and more people are interested in giving birth outside of a traditional hospital setting. "By shutting down this initiative, they are sending a clear message: budget priorities matter more than parents' choices," said Beccafico. They believe the real issue is a lack of commitment, support and training for this birthing option, which in the end, could help save money. Beccafico believes a patient-centric approach that focuses on natural births can help patients feel empowered and may even help lower the chances of postpartum depression. The CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal has met with all the employees and doctors about the closure. Many of the unit's nurses and orderlies were already re-distributed to other birthing centres after Notre-Dame's unit closed last summer.
Yahoo
02-03-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
How a Yukon entomologist's fascination with beetle genitalia inspired an art project
A retired Yukon-based entomologist is finding artistic inspiration in the tiniest and most private of places: beetle genitalia. Benoit Godin has been studying aleocharine rove beetles for 18 years. The insects spend most of their time in the litter layer of soil and can be found all across North America, including in the Yukon. In the sub-arctic region alone, there are 238 different aleocharine sub-families. "They're really abundant — but nobody knows them," Godin said. It's a testy situation for entomologists. The lack of knowledge is due to the fact that the insects are one of the most difficult-to-identify groups of beetles in the world. Most aleocharine beetles are roughly the same colours, same shape and same length (around half a centimetre). However, there is one way to accurately identify these insects: by examining their genitals. That's what inspired Godin's idea of depicting some of these beetle bits as large glass sculptures. An exhibition of his collaborative artworks opens in Whitehorse this coming week. The different sub-families of aleocharine beetles have unique genitalia. Godin compares the private parts to neon art. "To me, looking at them all these years, it always looked like neon signs and glasses ... so that's why I thought the medium of glass would be just the perfect one," he said. 'To me, looking at them all these years, it always looked like neon signs and glasses,' said Godin. (Mike Thomas/Yukon Arts Centre) To make the project possible, he enlisted the help of Luann Baker-Johnson who is the co-creator and artist behind Lumel Studios, a glass-blowing studio in downtown Whitehorse. Baker-Johnson said she had no hesitation about collaborating on the project. "When somebody comes to you with such an incredible dream and is so excited about it … there's no question about not saying, 'let's do it.'" 'What glass does not want to do' Although drawn to the medium of glass, Godin does not have the glass blowing skills required to fulfil his creative vision. So, for this collaboration, he has acts as the eyes, while Baker-Johnson and her team serve as the hands. Godin selects which aleocharine genitalia the team will attempt to replicate, and the artists at Lumel Studios then create it — with his careful supervision. A sculpture in progress at Lumel Studios. (Mike Thomas/Yukon Arts Centre) Baker-Johnson says the collaboration has pushed her to try new things with the medium. "We're making glass do what glass does not want to do," she said. A plan is made before they start. Godin creates a large plaster version of the genitals to help the Lumel team visualize how they will recreate it with glass. On one occasion, Godin brought in a microscope and slides of aleocharine genitalia for the artists to examine. The glass blowing team then sketches out the shape of each part in chalk on the concrete floor of the studio, to be referenced throughout the glass blowing process. Each sculpture usually involves multiple pieces of glass being made simultaneously and then fused into one. 'When somebody comes to you with such an incredible dream and is so excited about it … there's no question about not saying, 'let's do it,'' said Luann Baker-Johnson at Lumel Studios. (Mike Thomas/Yukon Arts Centre) Godin hopes to have 15 glass sculptures in total. Once completed, the glass genitalia will be displayed in an exhibit at the Yukon Arts Centre. Mary Bradshaw, director of visual arts for the Arts Centre, said it was Benoit's and Baker-Johnson's "sheer level of enthusiasm" that sold her. "I'm like, this show has to happen, this has to be shared with the public … it is such a cool way to bridge art and science." The exhibition will open on March 6.
