With two new mines at Meliadine and Amaruq to start operations in 2019, Canadian gold miner Agnico Eagle is forecasting record gold production for the year, building on the 1.63-million ounces that the company’s mines in Canada, Finland and Mexico produced in 2018.
The full-year production compares with 1.71-million ounces in the prior-year period, with the lower production said to have been expected and as a result of reduced throughput levels at the Meadowbank mine, in Nunavut, which is transitioning through the last full year of mining at site.