# Hochschild Mining Plc to pause Mara Rosa processing for six weeks

- Link: https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/hochschild-mining-plc-to-pause-mara-rosa-processing-for-six-weeks/4121201330
- Published: 2025-06-10T07:59:40+01:00
- Author: Amilia Stone

**Hochschild Mining PLC** (LON:HOC) (OTCQX: HCHDF) has provided the following update
on its Mara Rosa operation in Brazil.

The Company has previously disclosed that operations at Mara Rosa have been adversely
affected by heavier-than-usual seasonal rainfall over the past few months as well
as contractor performance issues. These conditions have limited access to ore, particularly
the higher-grade zones within the pit, and have further compounded ongoing challenges
with the filtering processes. As a result, efforts to recover from delays in mine
waste removal carried over from the previous year have been further prolonged.

Following the resignation of the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, as announced
on 27 May 2025, Eduardo Landin, CEO, has temporarily assumed operational responsibilities
and is leading a comprehensive review of all mining, processing and disposal activities
at Mara Rosa to identify constraints to the mine’s output. As part of this review,
a temporary suspension of the processing plant of approximately six weeks is anticipated
in order to carry out general maintenance activities and mechanical filter repair
work. Mining operations will continue as planned. The review team is actively engaging
with stakeholders in order to achieve a sustained improvement in performance.

At the start of the year, the Mara Rosa mine was expected to produce between 94,000
and 104,000 ounces of gold in 2025 and as at the end of May, the mine had produced
just over 25,000 ounces of gold. The measures being taken are expected to result
in a significant reduction to that guidance and this will have a corresponding impact
on the operation’s costs.

An update on progress of the review and revised full year Group guidance will be
provided in due course.

Hochschild Mining confirms that production at both the Inmaculada mine in Peru and
San Jose in Argentina is in line with expectations. 

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