Capstone Mining 2014 Financial Results Highlight Significant Cash Flow Generation
Capstone Mining Corp. today announced its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2014, with operating cash flow before changes in working capital for the year a record $199.4 million. Notwithstanding this strong performance, Capstone posted a loss for the year of $22.4 million due to non-cash charges of $55.8 million, including $36.2 million related to a write down of inventory and capitalized mineral property costs at Minto, $11 million related to the impairment of available-for-sale securities and $8.6 million in the carrying value of the Kutcho development project. Copper production during the year at Capstone’s three operating mines totalled 103,353 tonnes of copper in concentrates and cathode (99,739 tonnes of payable copper) at a C1 cash cost of $1.93 per payable pound of copper produced.