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2Q20 Production Report
2Q20 Production Report.
About this update from Fresnillo Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n RNS Number : 6866T\n Fresnillo PLC\n 22 July 2020\n \n \n \n \n Fresnillo plc\n \n \n 21 Upper Brook Street\n \n \n London W1K 7PY\n \n \n United Kingdom\n \n \n \n www.fresnilloplc.com\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 22 July 2020\n \n \n SECOND QUARTER PRODUCTION REPORT \n \n \n FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 2020\n \n \n \n \n \n Octavio Alvídrez, Chief Executive Officer, said:\n \n \n \n \n \n \"\n In the past few months, above all our focus has been on the health of our employees, contractors and our local communities during this global pandemic. I would like to thank them again for their diligence, care, hard work and for the speed with which they have adapted to the changes to the working environment we have had to make. The health of our teams remains our priority and we continue to implement a range of hygiene, social distancing, testing and monitoring measures to ensure the safety of our people. \n \n \n Despite these challenges, I am pleased to report resilient production performance with further progress made on our mine improvement initiatives. As a result, we are maintaining our silver guidance for the full year, though we have reduced our gold guidance due to COVID-19 related working restrictions mainly at our Herradura and Noche Buena mines which have impacted production volumes. Our development projects remain on track, with the Pyrites Plant and optimisation of the beneficiation plant, both at Fresnillo, due for completion in the second half of the year while Juanicipio also remains on schedule. In the face of an unprecedented health crisis, this has been a positive quarter for Fresnillo, a testament of the excellent commitment of our people and the strength of our operations\". \n \n \n \n \n \n \n COVID-19 UPDATE \n \n \n \n Our priority has always been the well-being of our workforce and the communities in which we operate. The COVID outbreak has clearly shown how important this commitment is. We closely monitored the spread of the outbreak and implemented a range of safety measures across our business, following guidelines in accordance with the World Health Organisation and Mexican authorities. This included stringent monitoring & hygiene, temperature screening, social distancing, and working from home for all office-based colleagues, as well as supporting edu...