- Gold Fields (GFI -10.2%) is sinking after reporting a $14M Q1 net loss compared with $26M in net profit in Q4, dragged down by reduced gold sales and higher costs.
- GFI says Q1 attributable gold equiv. production fell 10% Q/Q to 501K oz., and all-in sustaining costs rose 12% Q/Q to $1,143/oz.
- At the South Deep mine, GFI's last remaining operational asset in South Africa, Q1 output fell 25% to 36.3K oz. because of the slow return to work after the year-end holidays and a four-month safety closure at the end of last year.
- GFI kept its full-year production target of 2.2M oz. intact and forecast all-in costs of $1,075/oz.