Precious metals miner Hochschild Mining in on track to meet its production guidance of 457 000 gold-equivalent ounces (GEOs) in 2019, but its production will be lower next year, owing to permitting delays at Pallancata, Peru. The London-listed miner expects its production for 2020 to be 432 000 GEOs, or 35-million silver-equivalent ounces, comprising 294 000 oz of gold and 18.1-million ounces of silver, at an all-in sustaining cost on a gold-equivalent basis of between $1 105/oz and $1 045/oz.