Vault Minerals Posts Strong First Quarter Post-Merger, Driven by Record Gold Production and Exploration Success
Tajha Pritchard
Vault Minerals reported a strong September quarter, its first since merging Red 5 and Silver Lake Resources, producing 97,493 ounces of gold and marking the sixth consecutive quarter with over 50,000 ounces from Red 5’s former operations.
The company sold 102,529 ounces of gold at an all-in sustaining cost (AISC) of $2,231 per ounce and an average sale price of $3,162 per ounce.
Vault invested around $30 million in exploration, discovering high-grade Deflector-style mineralization southwest of the Deflector South-West lode, supporting further potential in the area. Deflector operations set a record quarterly mill throughput with 30,591 ounces of gold and 188 tonnes of copper.
The King of the Hills (KOTH) open pit increased material movement by 10 percent, with stage two stripping accounting for 58 percent of the total. This keeps Vault on track to access primary ore zones by the second half of FY25.
Vault is advancing plans to expand the Leonora plant to six million tonnes annually, with investment approval expected by early FY25. The company ended the quarter with $523.4 million in cash and no debt.