Newmont updates 2025 capital guidance

The company said, “Strong execution across Newmont’s (NEM) managed operations has positioned the Company to achieve its full-year attributable production guidance from the Core Portfolio. Fourth quarter attributable production is expected to be relatively in line with the third quarter, primarily driven by new ounces from Ahafo North and production growth from the non-operated Nevada Gold Mines joint venture. These increases are expected to be offset by lower leach production at Yanacocha as mining concludes in the fourth quarter and lower grades at Ahafo South as mining in the Subika open pit has concluded as planned. Newmont is beginning to capture the benefits from its cost savings initiatives, leading to an improvement of its 2025 guidance for General & Administrative spend by $85 million and Exploration & Advanced Projects spend by $75 million, driven by lower labor and contractor costs across the organization. In addition, 2025 guidance for Reclamation and Remediation Accretion has improved by $125 million and Interest Expense has improved by $45 million following the reduction of nearly $3.4 billion of debt during the year. Newmont’s 2025 CAS per ounce and AISC per ounce guidance remains unchanged, as improvements from favorable macroeconomic conditions and the Company’s cost savings initiatives are largely offset by higher royalties, production taxes, and costs from profit-sharing agreements associated with a stronger gold price environment. Newmont has improved its 2025 capital guidance, reflecting lower sustaining and development capital spend. Sustaining capital has improved by $150 million primarily due to the timing of spend related to the investment in tailings work at Cadia and ensuring capital is deployed in the most efficient manner. Similarly, development capital has improved by $50 million primarily due to the timing of study and underground development activities supporting the potential expansion project at Red Chris. As a result, 2025 full-year capital guidance has improved by $200 million in total.”