Q2 2024 Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd (Ontario) Earnings Call Transcript
Key Points
- Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd (AEM) reported a third consecutive quarter of record free cash flow.
- The company significantly strengthened its investment-grade balance sheet with over $900 million in cash and $250 million of debt repaid in July.
- Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd (AEM) continues its long-standing commitment to shareholder returns with $50 million in share buybacks and almost $200 million paid out in quarterly dividends.
- The company achieved strong operational performance with quarterly production close to 900,000 ounces at a cash cost of $870 per ounce.
- Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd (AEM) received several industry awards for safety and sustainability, including the John T. Ryan safety awards and the Towards Sustainable Mining Environmental Excellence Award.
- Higher royalty costs linked to increased gold prices partially offset the benefits of lower cash costs.
- The company expects all-in sustaining costs to increase in the third quarter due to deferred sustaining capital.
- There are planned shutdowns and maintenance activities at several major operations, including Canadian Malartic and Detour, which may impact production.
- The company faces challenges in managing capital allocation with multiple projects in the pipeline, including detour underground, Upper Beaver, and Hope Bay.
- Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd (AEM) is still evaluating the economic decision to progress the Upper Beaver project on a standalone basis, which may involve leveraging existing infrastructure to reduce capital expenditure.
Good morning. My name is Laura, and I'll be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Agnico Eagle Q2 2024 conference call. (Operator Instructions) Thank you. Mr. Ammar Al-Joundi, you may begin your conference.
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Good morning and thank you for joining us today. We are very excited to be reporting another exceptional quarter and to share with you some of the important work the teams are focused on to create additional value. Some of the highlights this quarter include continued strong operational performance with excellent cost control.
This focus on cost control has allowed us to deliver for our owners, tremendous leverage to increased gold prices as demonstrated by our third consecutive quarter of record free cash flow. We significantly strengthened investment grade balance sheet with over $900 million of cash at quarter end and $250 million of debt repaid
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