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| In a rising commodity environment, we expect to benefit fully as the cost per GEO sold should not increase significantly |
| And also, we've demonstrated, I think, in a number of cases that we're a partner of choice as people look towards project financing that we can offer a unique and very helpful solution, as you saw in terms of bigger transaction, that was very well conceived and I think received by the market |
| The lower GEOs from these assets was partially offset by stronger production from both Antapaccay and MWS, both of which had a very strong fourth quarter |
| Despite the issues at Cobre Panama, our business remains robust |
| Balance of our long-duration business still generates industry-leading cash flow |
| That had, I think we're benefiting significantly from our strong liquidity and cash flow position vis-a-vis some of our peers |
| In summary, the outlook for our business is bright |
| Our objective is to have a sustainable and progressive dividend that's dependable, even involved of times and in 2024, our board, we're proud to increase our dividend for the 17th consecutive year |
| Growth outlook for the balance of our business is strong over the next five years |
| Before the halt in production, the mine was operating very well, having successfully completed its expansion to 100 million tonnes per year |
| Slide 11 illustrates the strength of our business model to generate high margins |
| Our diversified top line business has a history of generating leading returns |
| So we wouldn't terminate the contract to make that claim, we will keep it open, and we're hopeful for success |
| The overall main drivers for GEOs year-over-year are: for precious metals, we will benefit from initial ounces from new mines being completed in 2024, to Tocantinzinho, Greenstone Mera Rosa and Salares Norte |
| Notably, we're top-ranked in the gold sector and in the broader precious metal by Sustainalytics for 2024 |
| $3.4 billion of capital we have available positions us well to add further assets |
| As you can see on Slide 7, gold and silver prices were higher for the quarter and year, with gold higher by over 14% for the quarter and almost 8% for the year |
| This outlook is good certainty, two thirds of the production is already under construction |
| A larger balance sheet helps us compete on a number of transactions |
| Prospect of Cobre restarting or an arbitration settlement are all upside optionality from these trading levels |
| Revenue has increased eightfold from 2008, while corporate admin costs has less than doubled over the same period |
| Grade assets keep getting better |
| And increasingly, I think we see a lot of opportunity there |
| An exciting head of new mine builds |
| Management believes we can continue to add to our portfolio and grow our business without adding significant overhead to the company |
| So I appreciate the assets that are doing well, and we have all of those |
| Main contributors will be higher production from Antamina and Guadalupe based on latest mine plans |
| But as you can see, at current average gold prices, the company generates significant margins |
| The margin of 83.9% was achieved for the quarter |
| However, adjusted net income was $172.9 million or $0.90 per share for the quarter, up 5% and 5.8%, respectively, versus prior year |
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| As you can see from the bar charts, the revenue and adjusted EBITDA has decreased slightly Q4 2023 compared to prior year |
| But in late 2023, we were challenged by the unprecedented production hole for Cobre Panama |
| Energy prices were weaker in '23 coming off multiyear highs from 2022 |
| However, we are anticipating lower production at Antapaccay based on the mine plan for lower grades |
| For the quarter, the largest contributors to the lower precious metals were Cobre Panama due to the halt in production, as mentioned, Stillwater, which was due to the impact of converting weaker platinum palladium revenue to GEOs; and Candelaria, which had lower production during the quarter |
| Palladium prices were significantly lower year-over-year which did negatively impact the conversion of PGM revenues to GEOs |
| Of this, precious metal, GEOs were 119,581, down approximately 8% from prior year |
| We did record a net loss for the quarter of $982.5 million or $5.11 per share due to the impairment recorded on Cobre Panama |
| However, as previously disclosed, Cobre Panama has been in preservation and safe management with production halted since November 2023 |
| Drop in U.S |
| There was a popular stop raising that has caused these issues |
| One of those measures is any loss of market valuation |
| This was the result of lower energy prices, natural gas in particular |
| Energy GEOs were significantly lower at 25,640 GEOs for Q4 compared to 47,713 a year ago |
| As a result, we recognized a full noncash impairment loss of approximately $1.2 billion |
| 2023 saw continued volatility in commodity prices |
| Depletion decreased to $68.9 million versus $73.5 million a year ago |
| In this situation, we would assess the recoverable amount of Cobre Panama streams at that point in time, which may lead to a reversal of part or all of the impairment loss we recognized |
| Total GEOs sold were lower when compared to prior year, with Q4 2023 GEO sold being 152,351 compared to 180,886 in the fourth quarter 2022 |
| The -- so we didn't at the time anticipated the political risk in Panama |
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