The Firm reconfirms that no accidents had been reported and no medical remedy was required associated to the fireplace. The Firm also can affirm its preliminary evaluation that the fireplace harm was localized to the crushing circuit space. There was no harm or impression to the mill or energy facility.
The Goose Mine presently has cellular crushers out there at website and the preliminary operational plan is to make the most of these cellular crushers to feed crushed ore on to the positive ore stockpile. Further momentary crushing capability has been sourced and shall be transported to website within the second quarter of 2026 to complement the prevailing cellular crushers presently on the Goose Mine.
A preliminary revised mill processing plan has been developed for the second quarter of 2026 based mostly on the usage of cellular crushers feeding crushed ore on to the positive ore stockpile whereas repairs to the crushing circuit associated to the fireplace are accomplished. The Firm estimates that these repairs shall be accomplished within the third quarter of 2026, and can coincide with the beforehand introduced addition of a run-of-mine bin and apron feeder which had been scheduled to be carried out within the third quarter of 2026. B2Gold reiterates its beforehand disclosed estimate that the Goose Mine crushing circuit will be capable to function at a mean every day capability of roughly 3,200 tonnes per day by the tip of the third quarter of 2026. B2Gold’s preliminary estimate of the price of the repairs to the crushing circuit associated to the fireplace is roughly C$10 million.
Gold manufacturing is predicted to proceed over the near-term, albeit at a decreased degree than beforehand anticipated within the second quarter of 2026 as a consequence of decrease throughput charges of crushed ore. Within the first quarter of 2026 the Goose Mine produced 42,876 ounces of gold, forward of inside estimates. The earlier inside forecast for gold manufacturing on the Goose Mine within the second quarter of 2026 was roughly 29,000 ounces. As a result of impression to the crushing circuit associated to the fireplace, the Firm now forecasts gold manufacturing within the second quarter of 2026 of 18,000 to twenty,000 ounces, a discount of roughly 10,000 ounces.
B2Gold reiterates its full 12 months gold manufacturing steering for the Goose Mine of 170,000 to 230,000 ounces in 2026. The Firm estimates that the impression of decrease availability of crushed ore because of the fireplace shall be restricted to the second quarter of 2026, and that availability of crushed ore within the second half of 2026 won’t change from earlier estimates.
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B2Gold is a accountable worldwide gold producer headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. Based in 2007, in the present day, B2Gold has working gold mines in Canada, Mali, Namibia and the Philippines, and quite a few growth and exploration initiatives in varied nations.
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