Hudbay Enhances Gold Production Profile at Snow Lake, Extends Reserve Mine Life to 18 Years and Identifies Further Growth Potential from Resource Conversion and the Britannia Gold Project - Investing News Network

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Hudbay says its Snow Lake operations in Manitoba now carry a reserve mine life to 2043, two years longer than previously, with total gold reserve life extensions of six years added this year. The update lifts 2026-2030 average annual gold output to 185,000 oz, up 37% versus the 2021 technical report, and raises life-of-mine gold production 60% to 2.8 million oz from 1.8 million oz.

The company also guided to average 2026-2030 gold cash costs of $821/oz and sustaining cash costs of $1,379/oz. Reserves increased to 27 million tonnes containing 2.0 million oz of gold, while resources rose to 21 million tonnes containing 1.5 million oz; Hudbay said further upside could come from resource conversion, 1901, reprocessing, and the Britannia Gold Project.