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Q1 2026 Production and Sales Review

15th Apr 2026 07:00

RNS Number : 4754A
Anglo Asian Mining PLC
15 April 2026
 

 

 

15 April 2026

  

Q1 2026 Production and Sales Review

Copper production of 3,711 tonnes and gold of 6,062 ounces

Net cash increased by $15.4 million to $17.7 million

 

Anglo Asian Mining plc ("Anglo Asian" or the "Company"), the AIM listed copper, gold and silver producer focused in Azerbaijan, is pleased to provide the following production and sales review for the three months to 31 March 2026 ("Q1 2026" or the "Quarter").

 

Q1 2026 production overview

· Copper production of 3,711 tonnes (Q1 2025: 534 tonnes):

o 1,462 tonnes from flotation and SART at Gedabek

o 2,249 tonnes from flotation at Demirli

· Gold production of 6,062 ounces (Q1 2025: 6,028 ounces):

o 4,842 ounces contained within gold doré

o 1,220 ounces from flotation and SART production

· Silver production totalled 42,796 ounces (Q1 2025: 30,315 ounces):

o 5,607 ounces contained within gold doré

o 37,189 ounces from flotation and SART processing

 

Q1 2026 sales overview

· Total gold bullion sales of 4,100 ounces at an average of $4,728 per ounce (Q1 2025: 4,753 ounces at an average of $2,843 per ounce)

· Total concentrate sales of 18,553 dry metric tonnes with a value of $45.6 million

o Gedabek - 7,890 dry metric tonnes ("dmt") with a value of $24.2 million (Q1 2025: 2,327 dmt with a value of $4.1 million)

o Demirli - 10,663 dmt with a value of $21.4 million

 

Q1 and 31 March 2026 financial overview

· Cash of $37.2 million ($30.2 million at 31 December 2025), no restricted cash

· Debt of $19.5 million ($27.9 million at 31 December 2025)

o No outstanding advances from Trafigura at 31 March 2026 or 31 December 2025

· Net cash of $17.7 million ($2.3 million at 31 December 2025)

· Unsold gold doré and copper concentrate inventory of $30.8 million at 31 March 2026

 

Key metrics for Q1 2026 and Q1 2025 and FY 2025

 

Q1 2026

Q1 2025

Q1 2026 compared to Q1 2025

B/(W)

FY 2025

Production

Gold

ounces

6,062

6,028

34

25,061

Copper

Gedabek

tonnes

1,462

538

924

4,787

Demirli

tonnes

2,249

-

2,249

3,128

Total copper

tonnes

3,711

538

3,173

7,915

Silver

ounces

42,796

30,315

12,481

153,333

Dore sales

Dore

ounces

4,100

4,753

 (653)

19,631

Sales value

$/ounce

4,728

2,843

1,885

3,441

Copper concentrate sales

Tonnes

tonnes

18,553

2,327

16,226

29,695

Sales value

$m

45.6

4.1

41.5

64.7

 

Increase in net cash

 

$m

15.4

1.0

14.4

17.3

Ending net cash / (debt)

 

$m

17.7

(13.8)

31.5

2.5

 

Market value of inventory

 

$m

30.8

7.5

23.3

37.7

 

Reza Vaziri, CEO of Anglo Asian Mining commented:

"We are delighted with the progress and performance during the quarter. The excellent copper production from Gedabek and Demirli demonstrates the successful continuing execution of our clear strategy to rapidly expand copper production and successfully transition to a multi-asset, mid-tier copper-focused producer. "

 

Note that all references to "$" are to United States dollars.

Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Disclosure

Certain information contained in this announcement would have been deemed inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, which was incorporated into UK law by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, until the release of this announcement.

 

For further information please contact:

 

Anglo Asian Mining plc

 

Reza Vaziri, Chief Executive Officer

Tel: +994 12 596 3350

Bill Morgan, Chief Financial Officer

Tel: +994 502 910 400

Stephen Westhead, Vice President

Tel: +994 502 916 894

Amir Vaziri, Chief Business Development Officer

Tel: +1 (301) 332 9938

 

Peel Hunt LLP (Broker)

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7418 8900

Ross Allister

David McKeown

Emily Bhasin

 

SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP (Nominated Adviser)

Ewan Leggat

Adam Cowl

 

Tel: +44 (0) 20 3470 0470

Hudson Sandler (Financial PR)

Charlie Jack

Harry Griffiths

 

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7796 4133

 

 

Notes to editors

Anglo Asian Mining plc (AIM:AAZ) is a copper and gold producer with a high-quality portfolio of production and exploration assets in Azerbaijan. The Company produced 7,915 tonnes of copper and 25,061 ounces of gold for the year ended 31 December 2025.

 

The Company's strategic plan for growth shows a clearly defined path for the Company to transition to a multi-asset, mid-tier, copper and gold producer by 2030, by which time copper will be the principal product of the Company, with forecast annual production of around 50,000 to 55,000 tonnes of copper. It plans to achieve this growth by bringing into production three new mines during the period 2027 to 2030 at Xarxar, Garadag and Zafar, in addition to the newly opened Gilar and Demirli mines. Production commenced at the Gilar mine in May 2025 and Demirli in July 2025. https://www.angloasianmining.com/

 

Ore mined during Q1 2026

 

Gedabek

Mine

3 months to

31 March 2026

Ore mined

(tonnes)

Average

gold grade

(g/t)

Average

copper

grade

(%)

Open pit

35,588

0.46

0.20

Gilar - u/g

186,709

1.35

1.48

Total

222,297

1.21

1.28

 

Demirli

3 months to

 31 March 2026

Mine

Ore mined

Average

copper grade

 

(tonnes)

(%)

Open pit

1,352,208

0.37

 

Gedabek processing, production and sales in Q1 2026

 

Ore processed by leaching

 

Quarter ended

Ore processed

Gold grade of ore processed

Heap leach pad crushed ore

(tonnes)

Heap leach pad ROM

ore

(tonnes)

Agitation leaching plant*

(tonnes)

Heap leach pad crushed ore

(g/t)

Heap leach pad ROM

ore

(g/t)

Agitation leachingplant*

(g/t)

31 March 2025

106,429

-

149,763

0.40

-

1.16

30 June 2025

133,153

-

154,948

0.40

-

1.13

30 September 2025

47,202

-

156,773

0.40

-

1.52

31 December 2025

-

-

163,541

-

-

1.27

FY 2025

286,784

-

625,025

0.40

-

1.26

31 March 2026

14,264

-

167,989

0.33

-

1.33

 

* includes previously heap leached ore.

 

Ore processed by flotation

Quarter ended

Ore processed*

 

Gold content

 

Silver content

Copper content

 

(tonnes)

(ounces)

(ounces)

(tonnes)

31 March 2025

155,406

535

9,516

729

30 June 2025

166,135

1,193

30,537

900

30 September 2025

151,359

3,185

85,123

1,793

31 December 2025

156,158

3,027

93,835

2,409

FY 2025

629,058

7,940

219,011

5,831

31 March 2026

162,109

2,806

69,040

1,703

 

*the ore processed by flotation includes ore which had previously been treated by agitation leaching. For Q1 2026, all ore processed had been previously treated by agitation leaching.

 

Gold and silver produced as gold doré and gold sales

Quarter ended

Gold produced*

Silver produced*

Gold sales**

Gold Sales price

 

(ounces)

(ounces)

(ounces)

($/ounce)

31 March 2025

5,758

8,206

4,753

2,843

30 June 2025

5,624

6,699

5,028

3,299

30 September 2025

5,814

4,655

5,181

3,430

31 December 2025

5,133

4,788

4,669

4,214

FY 2025

22,329

24,348

19,631

3,441

31 March 2026

4,842

5,607

4,100

4,728

 

* including Government of Azerbaijan's share

** excluding Government of Azerbaijan's share

 

Gold and silver produced as gold doré - split between agitation and heap leaching

 

Quarter

ended

Gold

Silver

Agitation

leaching

(ounces)

Heap

leaching

(ounces)

Total

 

(ounces)

Agitation

leaching

(ounces)

Heap

leaching

(ounces)

Total

 

(ounces)

31 March 2025

4,017

1,741

5,758

5,717

2,489

8,206

30 June 2025

3,936

1,688

5,624

4,632

2,067

6,699

30 Sept 2025

4,681

1,133

5,814

3,735

920

4,655

31 Dec 2025

3,988

1,145

5,133

3,720

1,068

4,788

FY 2025

16,622

5,707

22,329

17,804

6,544

24,348

31 March 2026

3,780

1,062

4,842

4,379

1,228

5,607

 

Copper concentrate production and sales

 

Concentrate

Copper

Gold

Silver

Concentrate

 

Concentrate

 

production*

content*

content*

content*

sales**

sales**

 

(dmt)

(tonnes)

(ounces)

(ounces)

(dmt)

($000)

Quarter ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

31 March 2025

3,072

534

270

22,109

2,324

4,050

30 June 2025

3,523

654

462

25,334

3,886

7,060

30 September 2025

6,769

1,577

984

36,968

6,852

17,760

31 December 2025

9,784

2,022

1,016

44,573

7,255

18,430

FY 2025

23,148

4,787

2,732

128,984

20,317

47,300

31 March 2026

7,311

1,462

1,220

37,189

7,890

24,207

 

* including Government of Azerbaijan's share

** excludes Government of Azerbaijan's share

 

Demirli processing, production and sales Q1 2026

 

 

 

Processed

 

 

Unit

January to March 2026

Ore feed to plant

dry metric tonnes

647,835

Grade

per cent.

0.44

Copper content

tonnes

2,880

Production

Copper concentrate

tonnes

11,901

Copper content

tonnes

2,249

 

Sales

Concentrate sales

Dry metric tonnes

10,663

Value of sales

$ million

21.4

 

Q1 2026 Financial overview

The Company had a net inflow of funds of $15.4 million in the 3 months ended 31 March 2026. Cash increased by $7.0 million to $37.2 million and debt reduced by $8.4 million to $19.5 million at 31 March 2026. Net cash accordingly increased by $15.4 million to $17.7 million.

 

Net cash

Q1 2026

$m

$m

I January 2026

 

2.3

Sales proceeds

62.7

Interest income

0.3

Operating costs

(39.9)

Capital expenditure

(3.4)

Demirli lease payment

(3.8)

Debt servicing

(0.5)

Inflow

 

15.4

31 March 2026

 

17.7

 

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