Great Panther Reports Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results
Original announcement by tmx on
- Company
- Great Panther Mining Limited
- Ticker
- GPR
- Exchange
- TSX
- Region
- Brazil
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Secondary commodities
- Silver
- Document categories
- Production, Capital raise, Resource update
- Extracted
- 2026-08-23 15:14:08 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
Great Panther Mining reported a net loss of $12.1 million in Q2 2022, an increase from the prior year, with gold production and head grade declining. All-in-sustaining costs (AISC) significantly increased, and cost guidance for the year was revised upwards due to inflationary pressures and capital expenditures. The company also announced the sale of its Mexican assets and stated a need for further equity or debt financing to meet its long-term objectives.
Reasoning: The company reported a significant increase in net loss and AISC, coupled with a decrease in gold production and head grade, leading to negative working capital and a stated need for further financing. While Q2 cash costs improved and production guidance was maintained, the revised cost guidance reflects ongoing inflationary pressures and capital expenditure requirements.
Positive factors
- Q2 cash costs per gold oz sold decreased year-over-year
- cash flows from operating activities increased year-over-year
- average realized gold price increased
- production guidance maintained
- strategic sale of Mexican assets
- updated MRE for Tucano
Negative factors
- gold production, head grade, and gold sales decreased year-over-year
- AISC per gold oz sold increased significantly year-over-year
- net loss increased
- negative net working capital
- cost guidance (cash costs and AISC) revised upwards
- explicit need for further equity/debt financing
Facts used in scoring: 33
Classification and evidence
Production Declinenegative · Story-specific tag
No canonical definition is currently available.
Why it applies: Gold production decreased from 20,696 oz in Q2 2021 to 16,629 oz in Q2 2022.
Evidence · table
“16,629”
Context: Gold oz produced
Cost Increasenegative · Story-specific tag
No canonical definition is currently available.
Why it applies: AISC per gold oz sold increased from $2,383 in Q2 2021 to $3,299 in Q2 2022, and cost guidance was revised upwards.
Evidence · table
“3,299”
Context: AISC per gold oz sold
Net Lossnegative · Story-specific tag
No canonical definition is currently available.
Why it applies: The company reported a net loss of $12.1 million in Q2 2022, an increase from $8.7 million in Q2 2021.
Evidence · table
“(12,052)”
Context: Net loss
Negative Working Capitalnegative · Story-specific tag
No canonical definition is currently available.
Why it applies: Net working capital was negative $39.7 million at the end of the period.
Evidence · table
“(39,726)”
Context: Net working capital at end of period
Financing Requirednegative · Story-specific tag
No canonical definition is currently available.
Why it applies: The company explicitly stated it will require further equity and/or debt financing to meet its objectives and obligations.
Evidence · text
“The Company has determined that it will require further financing to meet long-term objectives, improve working capital, fund planned capital investments and exploration programs for its operating mines, and meet scheduled debt repayment obligations and will be considering additional equity financing (including through use of the ATM facility) and/or debt financing.”
Strategic Asset Saleneutral · Story-specific tag
No canonical definition is currently available.
Why it applies: Agreement to sell Mexican assets (Minera Mexicana El Rosario S.A. de C.V.) to focus on Brazilian gold operations.
Evidence · text
“On June 29, 2022, Great Panther announced an agreement to sell 100% of the Company's Mexican subsidiary Minera Mexicana El Rosario S.A. de C.V. ("MMR")”
Resource Updateneutral
Revised estimate for an existing resource — compare to prior to assess progress.
Why it applies: Reported updated mineral reserve and mineral estimate for Tucano that demonstrated replacement of 2021 mining depletion and an increase of 1.5 years to the open pit mine life.
Evidence · text
“Reported updated mineral reserve and mineral estimate for Tucano that demonstrated replacement of 2021 mining depletion and an increase of 1.5 years to the open pit mine life”
Exploration Drillingneutral · Story-specific tag
No canonical definition is currently available.
Why it applies: Completed a resource conversion drill program for the Urucum North ("URN") underground project.
Evidence · text
“Completed a resource conversion drill program for the Urucum North ("URN") underground project”
Guidance Revisedneutral · Story-specific tag
No canonical definition is currently available.
Why it applies: Cost guidance for cash costs and AISC was revised upwards due to inflationary pressures and capital expenditures.
Evidence · text
“Due to a combination of inflationary pressures and accelerated capital spending specifically on the Tucano tailings facility, the Company has determined that Tucano cost guidance for the year must be adjusted.”
Extracted facts
Stored fact records: 0. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.
No stored fact records are available for this extraction.
How Atlas produces this analysis
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