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Eldorado Gold Reports Solid Q3 2025 Financial and Operational Results; Skouries On Track for Q1 2026
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Eldorado Gold Corporation (TSX: ELD, NYSE: EGO) (“Eldorado” or “the Company”) today reports the Company’s financial and operational results for the third quarter of 2025. For further information, please see the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis ("MD&A") filed on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.com under the Company’s profile.
Third Quarter 2025 Highlights
Operations
Gold production: 115,190 ounces benefitting from higher production at the Lamaque Complex as a result of accelerated processing of the remaining portion of the second bulk sample at Ormaque, offset by lower than expected production at Olympias as a result of continued challenges in the flotation circuit. Gold sales : 116,529 ounces at an average realized gold price per ounce sold 1 of $3,527. Production costs: $164.1 million in Q3 2025. Total cash costs 1 : $1,195 per ounce sold in Q3 2025. All-in sustaining costs ("AISC") 1 : $1,679 per ounce sold in Q3 2025. Total capital expenditures: $255.6 million, including $137.7 million of project capital 1 invested at Skouries, with activity focused on major earthworks and infrastructure construction and additionally $17.7 million of accelerated operational capital. Growth capital at the operating mines totalled $57.7 million and was primarily related to Kisladag for continued waste stripping, construction of the North Heap Leach Pad and related infrastructure and at the Lamaque Complex for the development of Ormaque.
Financial
Revenue : $434.7 million in Q3 2025. Net cash generated from operating activities from continuing operations: $170.2 million in Q3 2025. Cash flow from operating activities before changes in working capital 1 : $183.5 million in Q3 2025. Cash and cash equivalents: $1,043.9 million, as at September 30, 2025. Cash increased by $187.1 million compared to Q4 2024, primarily as a result of the higher gold price, the sale of G Mining Ventures shares in Q1 2025, the receipt of deferred consideration from G Mining Ventures in Q3 2025 (related to the 2021 sale of the Tocantinzinho Project), and unspent Term Facility 2 drawdowns. This was partially offset by higher production costs, higher growth capital investment and share buybacks. Net earnings attributable to shareholders from continuing operations: $56.5 million, or $0.28 per share, which includes $39.4 million of realized derivative losses on gold collars that were entered into in May 2023. Adjusted net earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("Adjusted EBITDA") 1 : $196.3 million in Q3 2025. Adjusted net earnings 3 : $82.3 million or $0.41 per share in Q3 2025. Adjustments in Q3 2025 include a $22.2 million unrealized loss on derivative instruments, primarily from gold commodity swaps related to the Term Facility and a $3.7 million loss on foreign exchange due to the translation of deferred tax balances. Free cash flow 3 : Negative $87.4 million in Q3 2025 primarily due to continued investment in growth capital, partially offset by strong cash generated from operating activities. Free cash flow excluding capital expenditures at Skouries was $76.9 million. Skouries Project Term Facility: Drawdowns on the Term Facility year to date as at September 30, 2025 totalled €238.8 million ($278.5 million).
Production and Cost Outlook
Based on year to date production through the third quarter, we are tightening our 2025 annual gold production guidance to between 470,000 to 490,000 ounces. We have revised upward our consolidated guidance for total cash costs and AISC to between $1,175 to $1,250 and $1,600 to $1,675 per ounce sold, respectively. These increases were primarily driven by: Record high gold prices and recently enacted higher royalty rates in Turkiye driving higher royalty expense Lower than expected performance at Olympias resulting in lower by-product sales, higher processing costs, with production expected at the lower end of the guidance range
Additionally, we also expect sustaining capital expenditures to be at the top end of our $145 to $170 million guidance range. In line with previous 2025 guidance, operations growth capital is expected to total $245 to $270 million. At Skouries, the project capital for 2025 has been revised upward to $440 to $470 million reflecting the acceleration of work across several non-critical path areas and proactive de-risking efforts. The estimated project capital remains unchanged at $1.06 billion. The accelerated operational capital remains on track and is expected to be between $80 and $100 million.
Corporate
Appointed Christian Milau as President Board Transition: John Webster to step down and Samantha Espley appointed to the Board
“Driven by sustained high gold prices, we delivered a strong financial performance during this quarter, generating $76.9 million in free cash flow, excluding our investment in Skouries," said George Burns, Chief Executive Officer. "We advanced development at Ormaque and successfully completed processing of the second bulk ore sample. The Olympias expansion to 650,000 tonnes per annum remains on track, while at Kisladag, we are moving forward with whole ore agglomeration as part of our growth initiatives. These projects along with other ongoing efforts across our portfolio are key near-term drivers to our strategy for long-term value creation, supporting increased production, lower costs and enhanced profitability.
"The Skouries Project marked a significant milestone this week with the successful execution of the first underground test stope blast, reinforcing its steady progress. In the open pit, four crews are now operational, and we are transitioning to a rotation running 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Ore stockpiling is well underway in preparation for the project's commissioning phase, with first concentrate production expected toward the end of Q1 2026. We continue to de-risk key areas ahead of schedule and have initiated early pre-operational testing and operational readiness activities across various areas at site. Our focus remains on safety and disciplined execution through the final phases of mechanical, piping, electrical, instrumentation as we continue to maintain the project schedule and budget.
"Our continued share buybacks, totaling approximately $78.8 million this quarter, underscore our disciplined approach to capital allocation and confidence in our long-term growth. With robust gold prices and a strong balance sheet, we’re committed to returning capital to shareholders while advancing our strategic priorities."
Board Succession
Eldorado also announces today, as part of its ongoing succession planning, the appointment of Samantha Espley to its Board of Directors as of October 1, 2025 and the resignation of John Webster, effective November 1, 2025.
“On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank John Webster, who is stepping down from the Board,” said Steve Reid, Board Chair of Eldorado Gold. During his nearly 11 years of service, John made significant contributions across several key Board committees, most notably as Chair of the Audit Committee. His strategic insight, sound judgment, and steady leadership throughout a period of substantial growth and transformation have been invaluable to both the Board and Eldorado’s leadership team. We are sincerely grateful for his dedication and lasting impact.”
“In addition, we are pleased to welcome Samantha Espley to the Board. With more than 35 years of leadership in the mining and resource sector, including senior roles with Vale Base Metals and Glencore, Samantha brings exceptional technical expertise, board experience, and a strong commitment to innovation and sustainability. Her distinguished career and numerous honours reflect her deep contributions to the industry and to advancing excellence in engineering and mining. We look forward to her insight and leadership as part of the Board,” said Steve Reid.
Return of Capital to Shareholders
During the third quarter, Eldorado repurchased 2,984,649 common shares and cancelled 2,754,208 common shares under its normal course issuer bid (NCIB) at an average price of $26.40 (C$36.52) per share for a total of approximately $78.8 million (C$109.0 million).
Skouries Highlights
The Skouries Project, part of the Kassandra Mines complex, is located within the Halkidiki Peninsula of Northern Greece and is a copper-gold porphyry project. In January 2022, Eldorado published the results of the Skouries Project Feasibility Study with a 20-year mine life and expected average annual production of 140,000 ounces of gold and 67 million pounds of copper.
Capital Estimate and Schedule
In Q1 2025, the capital cost estimate for Skouries was revised to $1.06 billion, with an additional $154 million in accelerated operational capital prior to commercial production, announced in a news release dated February 5, 2025. The project remains fully funded through equity and project financing. The Commercial Loan Facility and the RRF Facility totalling €680.4 million ($798.9 million) are now fully drawn.
First production of the copper-gold concentrate is expected toward the end of Q1 2026 and commercial production is expected in mid-2026, with 2026 gold production projected to be between 135,000 and 155,000 ounces and copper production projected to be between 45 and 60 million pounds.
Project capital totalled $137.7 million in Q3 2025 and $338.6 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2025. Accelerated operational capital was $17.7 million in Q3 2025 and $51.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2025. At September 30, 2025, cumulative project capital invested towards Phase 2 of construction totalled $843.4 million 4 and the cumulative accelerated operational capital totalled $58.2 million.
In 2025, the project capital spend has been revised upward to $440 to $470 million reflecting the acceleration of work across several non-critical path areas and proactive de-risking efforts. The accelerated operational capital remains on track and is expected to be between $80 and $100 million.
Construction Activities
As at September 30, 2025 overall project progress was 73% complete for Phase 2 of construction, and 86% when including the first phase of construction.
Filtered Tailings Plant
Work continues to progress on the filtered tailings plant, which remains on the critical path. The filtered tailings building structural steel installation was 80% complete at the end of the quarter and approximately 92% at the end of October. Mechanical work progressed with the assembly of the filter presses with four complete at quarter end and the remaining two on plan for completion in November.
The compressor building steel structure assembly reached 78% complete over the quarter and approximately 98% at the end of October. Mechanical installations are advancing with the installation of all six compressors and air receivers installed.
The filter plant tank farm construction has progressed with all five tanks assembled and water tested with internal coating work now in progress.
Primary Crusher
Progress continues on the construction of the crusher building structure. The concrete has advanced to the final elevation above the foundation with the final wall lifts advancing. The primary crusher is assembled in position and work is underway on cable tray and internal structural steel stairways and platforms. Conveyor foundations between the primary crusher and process plant, inclusive of the coarse ore stockpile are complete. The stockpile dome foundation is expected to be complete in November, and pre-assembly of the stockpile dome has commenced. Conveyor pre-assembly is advancing and conveyor support steel installation is underway. The first of the three reclaim feeders and associated chute work has been installed and pre-assembly continues on the remaining two reclaim feeders.
Process Plant
Work in the process plant continues to expand to additional work fronts for cable tray, cable, piping and mechanical installations. The final building foundations for support infrastructure were completed in early October. Structural, mechanical, piping and electrical installations continue in the support infrastructure areas.
Work continues on the support infrastructure with the process plant substation electrical installations underway. The lime plant, flotation blowers, compressors and guar areas are all in various stages of mechanical, piping and electrical installations. The control building structure is complete and electrical installation work is underway on the first two levels.
Pre-commissioning of the concentrate filter presses has been completed along with all water testing in the flotation cells and tanks. Preparations are underway to start pre-commissioning of the pebble crusher with the addition of first fills and punch listing construction completion items. Piping and cable installations continued to ramp up over the quarter with a focus on flotation, grinding and utilities such as process water and fire water.
Thickeners
Construction of the three tailings thickeners progressed on plan during the quarter. Water testing of the first two thickeners has been completed, and piping installations have commenced as the pipe rack installations are completed. Work is advancing on the associated infrastructure with the pumphouse building piping and electrical work underway, and tank installations in the flocculant building. The thickeners secondary substation building is in the final interior finishing stage with electrical installations planned to start in Q4 2025.
Integrated Extractive Waste Management Facility
During the quarter, foundation preparation for the Karatzas Lakkos (KL) embankment continued, with notable commencement of the placement of the under-drainage layer in the center of the valley. At water management pond 2, liner placement preparation, consisting of shotcrete and geofabric placement commenced to enable the installation of the high-density polyethylene liner during Q4 2025.
Construction of the low-grade ore stockpile (lower part) started in the quarter. This area is important to the sequence of the KL embankment, which will be constructed over the lower part of the low-grade ore stockpile. The construction water management system has been upgraded significantly. The installed diversions, sumps (15), pumps and pipes are intended to mitigate water run-off from impacting construction progress.
Underground Development
Underground access development rates continued to accelerate during the quarter and are currently achieving approximately 400 metres per month. At the end of the quarter, the test stope drilling and the two raise-bore slots were completed, and the first test stope blast was successfully executed at the end of October.
Engineering, Procurement, and Operational Readiness
Engineering
Engineering works are substantially complete. The focus recently has been on closing out the remaining engineering activities and providing technical clarifications when required to support construction.
Procurement
All major procurement is complete. The focus continues on managing and expediting deliveries to support construction and the close-out of completed purchase orders.
Operations including Operational Readiness
The open pit mine has ramped up operations and at the end of Q3 2025 was operating with three (of four) crews. At the end of Q3 there was approximately 349,000 tonnes of open pit and underground ore on stockpile, containing approximately 9,800 oz of gold and 2.7 million pounds of copper. Grade control drilling covering 75% of the Phase 1 open pit has been completed. Operational readiness efforts are ongoing in Safety, Asset Management, Processing, and Supply Chain areas. Middle management for key positions in open pit mining and mobile maintenance have been recruited and onboarded with supervisory capacity bolstered in Q3 2025.
Workforce
As at September 30, 2025, there were approximately 2,000 personnel working on site, including 390 Skouries employees of which 236 were Skouries operational personnel.
Skouries Multimedia
A progress update video can be found here: https://youtu.be/waouAaGe0kY To view a time lapse of the filtered tailing plant installation, please visit: https://youtu.be/30VNjFdE7A8 Photos of the construction progress at Skouries can be viewed and downloaded via this link: https://eldoradogold.getbynder.com/web/986401909b13dafe/q3-2025-skouries-project-progress/
Consolidated Financial and Operational Highlights
| | 3 months ended September 30, | | 9 months ended September 30, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2025 | | | 2024 | | | | 2025 | | | 2024 | | | Revenue | $434.7 | | $331.8 | | | $1,241.7 | | $886.9 | | | | | | | Gold produced (oz) | | 115,190 | | | 125,195 | | | | 364,852 | | | 364,625 | | | Gold sold (oz) | | 116,529 | | | 123,828 | | | | 364,281 | | | 361,062 | | | Average realized gold price ($/oz sold) (2) | $3,527 | | $2,492 | | | $3,245 | | $2,309 | | | | | | | Production costs | | 164.1 | | | 141.2 | | | | 474.6 | | | 392.0 | | | Total cash costs ($/oz sold) (2,3) | | 1,195 | | | 953 | | | | 1,134 | | | 939 | | | All-in sustaining costs ($/oz sold) (2,3) | | 1,679 | | | 1,335 | | | | 1,583 | | | 1,310 | | | Net earnings for the period (1) | | 56.0 | | | 95.0 | | | | 266.4 | | | 184.1 | | | Net earnings per share – basic ($/share) (1) | | 0.28 | | | 0.46 | | | | 1.31 | | | 0.90 | | | Net earnings per share – diluted ($/share) (1) | | 0.27 | | | 0.46 | | | | 1.29 | | | 0.90 | | | Net earnings for the period continuing operations (1,4) | | 56.5 | | | 101.1 | | | | 267.5 | | | 192.7 | | | Net earnings per share continuing operations – basic ($/share) (1,4) | | 0.28 | | | 0.49 | | | | 1.31 | | | 0.95 | | | Net earnings per share continuing operations – diluted ($/share) (1,4) | | 0.28 | | | 0.49 | | | | 1.30 | | | 0.94 | | | Adjusted net earnings continuing operations (1,2,4) | | 82.3 | | | 71.0 | | | | 228.8 | | | 192.9 | | | Adjusted net earnings per share continuing operations - basic ($/share) (1,2,4) | | 0.41 | | | 0.35 | | | | 1.12 | | | 0.95 | | | Net cash generated from operating activities (4) | | 170.2 | | | 180.9 | | | | 458.8 | | | 388.4 | | | Cash flow from operating activities before changes in working capital (2,4) | | 183.5 | | | 166.5 | | | | 522.0 | | | 407.0 | | | Free cash flow (2,4) | | (87.4 | ) | | (4.8 | ) | | | (178.4 | ) | | (67.8 | ) | | Free cash flow excluding Skouries (2,4) | | 76.9 | | | 98.3 | | | | 206.3 | | | 165.8 | | | Cash and cash equivalents (4) | | 1,043.9 | | | 676.6 | | | | 1,043.9 | | | 676.6 | | | Total assets | | 6,485.4 | | | 5,565.1 | | | | 6,485.4 | | | 5,565.1 | | | Debt | | 1,258.5 | | | 849.2 | | | | 1,258.5 | | | 849.2 | |
| (1) | Attributable to shareholders of the Company. | | (2) | These financial measures or ratios are non-IFRS financial measures or ratios. See the section 'Non-IFRS and Other Financial Measures and Ratios' of our MD&A for explanations and discussions of these non-IFRS financial measures or ratios. | | (3) | Revenues from silver, lead and zinc sales are off-set against total cash costs. | | (4) | Amounts presented are from continuing operations only and exclude the Romania segment. |
Total revenue increased to $434.7 million in Q3 2025 from $331.8 million in Q3 2024 and to $1,241.7 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2025, from $886.9 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The increases in both three and nine-month periods were primarily due to the higher average realized gold price.
Production costs increased to $164.1 million in Q3 2025 from $141.2 million in Q3 2024 and to $474.6 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 from $392.0 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Increases in both periods were driven by increases in royalties, accounting for approximately 30% of the increase to production costs. The remainder relates primarily to rising labour costs in Turkiye where cost inflation continues to outpace the devaluation of local currency, as well as at Lamaque, where additional costs were incurred in labour and contractors due to the deepening of the production centre of the Triangle Mine, which results in increased haulage distance, equipment and personnel requirements.