Dual London- and Toronto Stock Exchange-listed gold miner Centamin, whose current main asset is the Sukari gold mine in Egypt, announced on Thursday that the amount of gold produced by the mine during the second quarter of this year (2Q19) was slightly (1%) higher than the production during the first quarter (1Q19), but was 27% higher that during the second quarter of last year (2Q18). In quantitative terms, 2Q19 production was 117 913 oz, as against 116 183 oz in 1Q19 and 92 803 oz in 2Q18. Production for the first half of this year (1H19) was 8% up on that for the same period last year (1H18). In quantity, 1H19 output was 234 096 oz in comparison to the 217 098 oz of 1H18.
