BTG - B2Gold Corp. (BTG) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
2024-05-08 15:36:43 ET
B2Gold Corp. (BTG)
Q1 2024 Earnings Conference Call
May 08, 2024 11:00 AM ET
Company Participants
Clive Johnson - President & Chief Executive Officer
Mike Cinnamond - Senior Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer
Bill Lytle - Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Conference Call Participants
Ovais Habib - Scotiabank
Ralph Profiti - Eight Capital
Anita Soni - CIBC World Markets
Don DeMarco - National Bank Financial
Presentation
Operator
Thank you for standing by. This is the conference operator. Welcome to B2Gold Corporation's First Quarter 2024 Financial Results Conference Call. As a reminder, all participants are in listen-only mode and the conference is being recorded. After the presentation, there will be an opportunity for analysts to ask questions. [Operator Instructions]
I would now like to turn the conference over to Clive Johnson, President and CEO of B2Gold. Please go ahead.
Clive Johnson
Thank you, operator. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to our call to discuss our first quarter 2024 operating financial results and to give you a corporate update as well. Many of you or all of you will seen the news, which just come out, that gives quite a lot of detail.
We're off to a solid start for 2024. We produced over 225,000 ounces of the production, of course, it’s on the basis in line with what we expected with all three B2Gold operating lines performing well. Importantly, cash operating costs and all sustaining costs in the first quarter both came in well-below our annual guidance ranges, and Michael will you a lot more insight, he will be talking in short and give you a little more detail, but a very strong quarter, excellent financial position going forward, the mines are all operating very well.
Through 2024 and what we have described as a transitional year for B2Gold, we have made strong progress on two of our most important items for the year. Firstly, we've had some encouraging discussions with the Mali government throughout the start of 2024, it's really important to stress, got to expect some rumors out and irresponsible journalists about their facts of the matters as backed recently, there's been absolutely zero indications and the government of Mali is considering nationalized western gold mines....
B2Gold Corp. (BTG) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript