.jpg)
1 hour ago
2
Article content
The Goose Mine in Canada is expected to produce between 170,000 and 230,000 ounces of gold in 2026 at cash operating costs of between $1,610 and $1,810 per ounce produced and all-in sustaining costs of between $2,670 and $2,970 per ounce sold. For the full year 2026, Goose is projected to process a total of 1.04 million tonnes of ore at an average grade of 6.83 g/t gold with a process gold recovery of 92.5%. Mining and processing of higher-grade ore from the Umwelt underground commenced in late October 2025 and processed ore will continue to be sourced from the Umwelt surface and underground mining operations in 2026. Throughput for 2026 is expected to ramp up through the year as the weather warms, which will increase the availability of the mobile crushing unit. Use of the mobile crushing unit is expected to continue during 2026 until the installation of the run-of-mine bin and apron feeder is completed, at which point the Goose Mine is expected to operate in the near-term at an average daily capacity of approximately 3,200 tpd. Based on the factors described above, combined with the mill feed grade profile, the Company anticipates annual gold production will be heavily weighted to the second half of 2026, with approximately 65% of estimated annual gold production to be achieved during the third and fourth quarters. The Company expects crushing capacity will be able to be increased up to 4,000 tpd in the first half of 2027, upon which annual gold production is expected to exceed 300,000 ounces per year and continuing over the medium-term. Cash operating costs and all-in sustaining costs are forecast to drop significantly once the operation is ramped up to full production capacity.
Article content
Article content
Capital expenditures in 2026 at Goose are expected to total $202 million. Approximately $188 million are expected to be classified as sustaining capital expenditures and $14 million are expected to be classified as non-sustaining capital expenditures. Sustaining capital expenditures are expected to include $47 million of deferred stripping, $41 million for site infrastructure and civil projects, $38 million for underground development, $22 million for mobile equipment purchases, $13 million for underground infrastructure, $7 million for projects at the marine laydown area, $6 million for TSF construction, $6 million for powerhouse rebuilds, and $5 million for mobile equipment rebuilds. Non-sustaining capital expenditures relate to completion of ongoing site construction activities, but do not include capital expenditures related to the more comprehensive crushing circuit optimizations being evaluated. Estimated capital expenditures for any additional crushing circuit optimization changes will be released once the studies are completed in the first half of 2026 and the Company has determined which improvements to pursue.
Article content
Goose Mine Opportunities
Article content
Significant exploration potential remains across the Back River Gold District, with a total of $46 million budgeted for exploration in 2026. The Company’s exploration programs have historically been successful in upgrading Inferred Mineral Resources to Indicated Mineral Resources, and the Company is optimistic that it can successfully upgrade a significant portion of the Inferred Mineral Resources in 2026.
Article content
In addition, work continues on the optimization study for the Goose Mine as previously announced in March 2025, including the potential installation of a SAG mill to be paired in conjunction with the existing 4,000 tpd ball mill, which could expand mill throughput capacity up to 6,000 tpd. The results of the studies are expected to be finalized in the first half of 2026, and are also expected to reflect two additional value drivers for the Goose Mine related to the potential reduction in carbon taxes paid over the life of the mine, and a reduction in the annual amount of fuel consumed as a result of equipment optimizations.
Article content
Once these studies are completed the Company will assess the economics of each option and pursue the desired choice. This assessment is expected to include consideration of whether the Company should postpone any expenditures to increase Goose Mine milling capacity in favor of potential future capital development at George and other Back River Gold District regional targets.
Article content
In connection with these studies, B2Gold will also be reviewing any regulatory requirements and engaging with the KIA and local communities to ensure any proposed optimization of the Goose Mine provides benefits to all stakeholders.
Article content
Gramalote Project – Colombia
Article content
The Gramalote Project is located in central Colombia, approximately 230 km northwest of Bogota and 100 km northeast of Medellin, in the Province of Antioquia, which has expressed a positive attitude towards the development of responsible mining projects in the region. Following consolidation of the ownership, B2Gold completed a detailed review of the Gramalote Project, including the higher-grade core of the resource, facility size and location, power supply, mining and processing options, tailings design, resettlement, potential construction sequencing and camp design to identify potential cost savings to develop a medium-scale project. The results of the review allowed the Company to determine the optimal parameters and assumptions for the Gramalote PEA, the results of which were announced on June 18, 2024.
Article content
On July 14, 2025, the Company announced the results of a 2025 Gramalote Feasibility study which demonstrated that the Gramalote Project has a meaningful production profile, favorable metallurgical characteristics and positive project economics. The study assumes a mill with an annual processing rate of 6.0 million tonnes per annum, an initial open pit mine life of 11 years, and a processing life of 13 years. The study shows average annual grade processed over the first five years of 1.23 g/t, with a life-of-mine grade of 0.96 g/t and average annual gold production over the first five years of 227,000 ounces of gold per year, with life-of-mine average annual gold production of 177,000 ounces per year. Financial results include all-in sustaining costs of $985 per ounce over the life of the project, with an after-tax net present value of $941 million and an internal rate of return of 22.4% assuming a $2,500 per ounce gold price.
Article content
Due to the desired modifications to the processing plant and infrastructure locations, a Modified Work Plan and Modified Environment Impact Study are required. The Modified Work Plan was submitted in December 2025, and the Modified Environmental Impact Study is expected to be submitted later in the first quarter of 2026, with completion of the modification process expected to take approximately twelve months. In conjunction with these permit modifications, the Company also intends to complete a significant portion of its resettlement objectives by the end of 2026, in accordance with its existing resettlement plan. Assessment of the Gramalote Project remains ongoing. If B2Gold makes the decision to develop the Gramalote Project as an open pit gold mine, B2Gold would utilize its proven internal mine construction team to build the mine and mill facilities.
Article content
The Gramalote Project has a budget of $61 million for 2026, to continue to de-risk the project, including $35 million to advance resettlement programs, establish coexistence programs for small miners, work on health, safety and environmental projects and continue to work with the government and local communities on social programs.
Article content
Exploration
Article content
B2Gold executed another year of aggressive exploration in 2025 incurring $61 million (including $10 million of target generation costs included in other operating expenses in the Consolidated Statement of Operations), in line with expectations. Exploration in 2025 was focused predominantly on the Back River Gold District, with the goal of enhancing and growing the significant resource base at the Goose Mine and surrounding regional targets. In Namibia, the exploration program at the Otjikoto Mine focused on drilling the Antelope deposit. In Mali, the exploration program at the Fekola Complex was directed at a more strategic search for near-mine, near-surface sources of additional sulphide-related gold mineralization. In the Philippines, the exploration program at the Masbate Mine focused on extending the Pajo deposit drilling targets immediately south of mine infrastructure.
Article content
B2Gold is planning another year of extensive exploration in 2026 with a budget of approximately $73 million. A significant focus will be on exploration at the Back River Gold District, with the continued goal of enhancing and growing the significant resource base at the Goose Mine and surrounding regional targets. In Namibia, the exploration program at the Otjikoto Mine will be focused on enhancing and increasing the resources at the Antelope deposit. In Mali, an ongoing focus will be on discovery of additional high-grade, sulphide mineralization across the Fekola Complex. In the Philippines, the exploration program at the Masbate Mine will continue to focus on new targets located south of the existing infrastructure as well as commencing exploration on the newly permitted Uson Project. Early-stage exploration programs will continue in the Philippines and Kazakhstan in 2026. Finally, the search for new joint ventures and strategic investment opportunities will continue, building on existing equity investments in Snowline Gold Corp., Founders Metals Inc., AuMEGA Metals Ltd., and Prospector Metals Corp.
Article content
Back River Gold District Exploration
Article content
A total of $32 million was budgeted for exploration at the Back River Gold District in 2025 to complete approximately 25,000 meters (“m”) of drilling, including confirmation drilling at the Umwelt deposit, as well as exploration drilling at several Goose Mine regional targets that were developed based on structural modelling and geophysical re-processing. For the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company ultimately incurred $35 million on Back River Gold District exploration and completed 19,735 m of drilling over 87 drill holes at the Goose Mine. This included 14,480 m over 39 drill holes at the Umwelt deposit, 4,231 m over 15 drill holes at the Llama deposit area, 7,361 m over 14 exploration target drill holes, and 137 m over one metallurgical hole at the Goose Main deposit.
Article content
In addition, 8,863 m over 57 holes were drilled on the Back River Gold District regional projects, including George, Boot, Del, Needle and Boulder.
Article content
2026 Guidance for Back River Gold District Exploration
Article content
A total of $46 million is budgeted for exploration at the Back River Gold District in 2026, of which $24 million is planned for the Goose Mine. A total of 12,000 m of drilling will target extensions of the Llama and Umwelt deposits, the largest and highest-grade resources at the Goose Mine. In addition, follow up drilling of significant results returned at the Nuvuyak, Mammoth and Hook targets is planned.
Article content
Regional exploration including geophysics, mapping, prospecting and till sampling will be undertaken on the George, Boot, Boulder, Del, Beech and Needle projects. This regional work will also include an estimated 13,000 m of diamond drilling to follow up drill ready targets defined during the 2025 summer regional exploration program. A significantly increased budget of $22 million is being allocated for the Back River regional projects.
Article content
Mali Exploration
Article content
A total of $9 million was budgeted for exploration in Mali in 2025 with an ongoing focus on discovery of additional high-grade, sulphide mineralization across the Fekola Complex to supplement feed to the Fekola mill. In addition, the FNE target immediately north of the main Fekola open pit was drilled, adding easily accessible resources close to Fekola infrastructure. A total of 20,000 m of diamond and reverse circulation drilling was planned for 2025. A total of 7,277 m over 62 holes of diamond and reverse circulation drilling was completed. For the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company ultimately incurred $7 million on Mali exploration.
Article content
In addition, the Mali exploration team assisted operations in completing 37,181 m over 934 holes to complete the first phase of grade control drilling on the Menankoto permit and the drilling of grade control, infill and extension drilling at the Fekola underground, completing 31,196 m over 277 holes.
Article content
2026 Guidance for Mali Exploration
Article content
A total of $5 million is budgeted for exploration in Mali in 2026 with an ongoing focus on discovery of additional high-grade, sulphide mineralization across the Fekola Complex to supplement feed to the Fekola mill. A total of 16,000 m of diamond and reverse circulation drilling is planned for the Fekola Complex in 2026.
Article content
The Philippines Exploration
Article content
The total budget for the Philippines in 2025 was $5 million, of which the Masbate exploration budget was $3 million, including approximately 4,200 m of drilling. The 2025 exploration program focused on drilling several greenfield targets between 3 km and 12 km south of the Masbate Mine infrastructure. For the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company incurred $3 million for Masbate Mine exploration, which was in-line with the budget (included approximately 4,867 m of diamond drilling in 32 holes).
Article content
In addition, $2 million was allocated to targeting new regional projects in highly prospective areas in the Philippines, leveraging off B2Gold’s presence and operational experience in the country. For the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company incurred $2 million on targeting new regional projects.
Article content
2026 Guidance for The Philippines Exploration
Article content
The total budget for the Philippines in 2026 is $5 million, of which the Masbate exploration budget is $3 million, including approximately 4,200 m of drilling. The 2026 exploration program will continue to focus on exploration of new regional targets located south of the main mine infrastructure at Masbate.
Article content
An additional $2 million will be allocated to targeting new regional projects in highly prospective areas in the Philippines, leveraging off B2Gold’s presence and operational experience in the country. A total of 2,000 m is allocated to testing new projects.
Article content
Namibia Exploration
Article content
A total of $7 million was budgeted for exploration at Otjikoto in 2025. The focus of the exploration program was drilling the Antelope deposit, located approximately 3 km south of Phase 5 of the Otjikoto open pit, with a total of 39,000 m of drilling planned. The Antelope deposit, comprised of the Springbok Zone, the Oryx Zone, and a possible third structure, Impala, subject to confirmatory drilling, was discovered in 2022 following deep drill testing by B2Gold exploration personnel on three-dimensional models of airborne magnetic data. For the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company incurred $8 million, which included 35,924 m of diamond and reverse circulation drilling at the Otjikoto mine area.
Article content
2026 Guidance for Namibia Exploration
Article content
A total of $6 million is budgeted for exploration at Otjikoto in 2026. The focus of the exploration program will be drilling to expand and refine the Antelope deposit with a total of 44,000 m of drilling planned.
Article content
Greenfield Exploration
Article content
B2Gold allocated approximately $9 million in 2025 for its grassroots exploration programs, including Finland and Cote d’Ivoire. The spend ultimately incurred on greenfield exploration for the year ended December 31, 2025, was approximately $5 million.
Article content
In addition to the defined programs noted above, the Company allocated approximately $8 million for the generation and evaluation of new greenfield targets of which $3 million was spent during the year ended December 31, 2025.
Article content
2026 Guidance for Greenfield Exploration
Article content
B2Gold has allocated approximately $9 million to other grassroots exploration projects in 2026. This includes $2 million (7,200 m) in Kazakhstan and $2 million in Finland. In addition to the defined programs noted above, the Company has allocated approximately $4 million for the generation and evaluation of new greenfield targets.
Article content
Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Financial Results – Conference Call Details
Article content
B2Gold executives will host a conference call to discuss the results on Thursday, February 19, 2026, at 8:00 am PT / 11:00 am ET.
Article content
Participants may register for the conference call here: registration link. Upon registering, participants will receive a calendar invitation by email with dial in details and a unique PIN. This will allow participants to bypass the operator queue and connect directly to the conference. Registration will remain open until the end of the conference call. Participants may also dial in using the numbers below:
Article content
- Toll-free in U.S. and Canada: +1 (833) 821-2803
- All other callers: +1 (647) 846-2419
Article content
The conference call will be available to playback for two weeks by dialing toll-free in the U.S. and Canada: +1 (855) 669-9658, replay access code 8916212. All other callers: +1 (412) 317-0088, replay access code 8916212.
Article content
About B2Gold
Article content
B2Gold is a responsible international senior gold producer headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. Founded in 2007, today, B2Gold has operating gold mines in Canada, Mali, Namibia and the Philippines, and numerous development and exploration projects in various countries.
Article content
Qualified Persons
Article content
Bill Lytle, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, a qualified person under NI 43-101, has approved the scientific and technical information related to operations matters contained in this news release.
Article content
Andrew Brown, P. Geo., Vice President, Exploration, a qualified person under NI 43-101, has approved the scientific and technical information related to exploration and mineral resource matters contained in this news release.
Article content
ON BEHALF OF B2GOLD CORP.
Article content
“Clive T. Johnson”
President and Chief Executive Officer
Article content
Source: B2Gold Corp.
Article content
The Toronto Stock Exchange and NYSE American LLC neither approve nor disapprove the information contained in this news release.
Article content
Production results and production guidance presented in this news release reflect total production at the mines B2Gold operates on a 100% project basis. Please see our most recent Annual Information Form for a discussion of our ownership interest in the mines B2Gold operates.
Article content
This news release includes certain “forward-looking information” and “forward-looking statements” (collectively “forward-looking statements”) within the meaning of applicable Canadian and United States securities legislation, including: projections; outlook; guidance; forecasts; estimates; and other statements regarding future or estimated financial and operational performance, gold production and sales, revenues and cash flows, and capital costs (sustaining and non-sustaining) and operating costs, including projected cash operating costs and all-in sustaining costs, and budgets on a consolidated and mine by mine basis, which if they occur, would have on our business, our planned capital and exploration expenditures; future or estimated mine life, metal price assumptions, ore grades or sources, gold recovery rates, stripping ratios, throughput, ore processing; statements regarding anticipated exploration, drilling, development, construction, permitting and other activities or achievements of B2Gold; and including, without limitation: remaining well positioned for continued strong operational and financial performance in 2026; projected gold production, cash operating costs and all-in sustaining costs (on a consolidated and mine by mine basis in 2026 for the Fekola Complex, the Otjikoto Mine, the Masbate Gold Project and the Goose Mine; total consolidated gold production of between 820,000 and 970,000 ounces in 2026, with cash operating costs of between $1,155 and $1,280 per ounce and all-in sustaining costs of between $2,400 and $2,580 per ounce; B2Gold’s continued prioritization of operating the Goose Mine in a manner that recognizes Indigenous input and concerns and brings long-term socio-economic benefits to the area; the Goose Mine annual gold production exceeding 300,000 ounces per year beginning in 2027 and continuing over the medium-term; trucking of selective higher-grade saprolite material from the Anaconda Area to the Fekola mill having the potential to generate approximately 80,000 to 100,000 ounces of additional gold production per year from Fekola Regional sources, including up to 180,000 ounces in the first five years of production between 2027 and 2032; the receipt of the exploitation permit for Fekola Regional in the first quarter of 2026 and Fekola Regional production expected to commence in the second half of 2026; the potential for the Antelope deposit to be developed as an underground operation and contribute up to 65,000 per year during the low-grade stockpile processing in 2029 through 2032; the timing and results of the optimization studies on the Goose Mine; the potential to develop the Gramalote Project as an open pit gold mine; planned 2026 exploration budgets for Canada, Mali, Namibia, The Philippines, Finland, Kazakhstan and other grassroots projects and the potential payment of future dividends, including the timing and amount of any such dividends, and the expectation that quarterly dividends will be maintained at the same level. All statements in this MD&A that address events or developments that we expect to occur in the future are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, although not always, identified by words such as “expect”, “plan”, “anticipate”, “project”, “target”, “potential”, “schedule”, “forecast”, “budget”, “estimate”, “intend” or “believe” and similar expressions or their negative connotations, or that events or conditions “will”, “would”, “may”, “could”, “should” or “might” occur. All such forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management as of the date such statements are made.
Article content
Forward-looking statements necessarily involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, certain of which are beyond B2Gold’s control, including risks associated with or related to: the volatility of metal prices and B2Gold’s common shares; changes in tax laws; the dangers inherent in exploration, development and mining activities; the uncertainty of reserve and resource estimates; not achieving production, cost or other estimates; actual production, development plans and costs differing materially from the estimates in B2Gold’s feasibility and other studies; the ability to obtain and maintain any necessary permits, consents or authorizations required for mining activities; environmental regulations or hazards and compliance with complex regulations associated with mining activities; climate change and climate change regulations; the ability to replace mineral reserves and identify acquisition opportunities; the unknown liabilities of companies acquired by B2Gold; the ability to successfully integrate new acquisitions; fluctuations in exchange rates; the availability of financing; financing and debt activities, including potential restrictions imposed on B2Gold’s operations as a result thereof and the ability to generate sufficient cash flows; operations in foreign and developing countries and the compliance with foreign laws, including those associated with operations in Mali, Namibia, the Philippines and Colombia and including risks related to changes in foreign laws and changing policies related to mining and local ownership requirements or resource nationalization generally; remote operations and the availability of adequate infrastructure; fluctuations in price and availability of energy and other inputs necessary for mining operations; shortages or cost increases in necessary equipment, supplies and labour; regulatory, political and country risks, including local instability or acts of terrorism and the effects thereof; the reliance upon contractors, third parties and joint venture partners; the lack of sole decision-making authority related to Filminera Resources Corporation, which owns the Masbate Project; challenges to title or surface rights; the dependence on key personnel and the ability to attract and retain skilled personnel; the risk of an uninsurable or uninsured loss; adverse climate and weather conditions; litigation risk; competition with other mining companies; community support for B2Gold’s operations, including risks related to strikes and the halting of such operations from time to time; conflicts with small scale miners; failures of information systems or information security threats; the ability to maintain adequate internal controls over financial reporting as required by law, including Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; compliance with anti-corruption laws, and sanctions or other similar measures; social media and B2Gold’s reputation; risks affecting Calibre having an impact on the value of the Company’s investment in Calibre, and potential dilution of our equity interest in Calibre; as well as other factors identified and as described in more detail under the heading “Risk Factors” in B2Gold’s most recent Annual Information Form, B2Gold’s current Form 40-F Annual Report and B2Gold’s other filings with Canadian securities regulators and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), which may be viewed at www.sedarplus.ca and www.sec.gov, respectively (the “Websites”). The list is not exhaustive of the factors that may affect B2Gold’s forward-looking statements.
Article content
B2Gold’s forward-looking statements are based on the applicable assumptions and factors management considers reasonable as of the date hereof, based on the information available to management at such time. These assumptions and factors include, but are not limited to, assumptions and factors related to B2Gold’s ability to carry on current and future operations, including: development and exploration activities; the timing, extent, duration and economic viability of such operations, including any mineral resources or reserves identified thereby; the accuracy and reliability of estimates, projections, forecasts, studies and assessments; B2Gold’s ability to meet or achieve estimates, projections and forecasts; the availability and cost of inputs; the price and market for outputs, including gold; foreign exchange rates; taxation levels; the timely receipt of necessary approvals or permits; the ability to meet current and future obligations; the ability to obtain timely financing on reasonable terms when required; the current and future social, economic and political conditions; and other assumptions and factors generally associated with the mining industry.
Article content
B2Gold’s forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management and reflect their current expectations regarding future events and operating performance and speak only as of the date hereof. B2Gold does not assume any obligation to update forward-looking statements if circumstances or management’s beliefs, expectations or opinions should change other than as required by applicable law. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, and actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements. Accordingly, no assurance can be given that any events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do, what benefits or liabilities B2Gold will derive therefrom. For the reasons set forth above, undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements.
Article content
Non-IFRS Measures
Article content
This news release includes certain terms or performance measures commonly used in the mining industry that are not defined under International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), including “cash operating costs” and “all-in sustaining costs” (or “AISC”). Non-IFRS measures do not have any standardized meaning prescribed under IFRS, and therefore they may not be comparable to similar measures employed by other companies. The projected range of AISC is anticipated to be adjusted to include sustaining capital expenditures, corporate administrative expense, mine-site exploration and evaluation costs and reclamation cost accretion and amortization, and exclude the effects of expansionary capital and non-sustaining expenditures. Projected GAAP total production cash costs for the full year would require inclusion of the projected impact of future included and excluded items, including items that are not currently determinable, but may be significant, such as sustaining capital expenditures, reclamation cost accretion and amortization. Due to the uncertainty of the likelihood, amount and timing of any such items, B2Gold does not have information available to provide a quantitative reconciliation of projected AISC to a total production cash costs projection.
B2Gold believes that this measure represents the total costs of producing gold from current operations, and provides B2Gold and other stakeholders of the Company with additional information of B2Gold’s operational performance and ability to generate cash flows. AISC, as a key performance measure, allows B2Gold to assess its ability to support capital expenditures and to sustain future production from the generation of operating cash flows. This information provides management with the ability to more actively manage capital programs and to make more prudent capital investment decisions.
Article content
The data presented is intended to provide additional information and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS and should be read in conjunction with B2Gold’s consolidated financial statements. Readers should refer to B2Gold’s Management Discussion and Analysis, available on the Websites, under the heading “Non-IFRS Measures” for a more detailed discussion of how B2Gold calculates certain such measures and a reconciliation of certain measures to IFRS terms.
Article content
Cautionary Statement Regarding Mineral Reserve and Resource Estimates
Article content
The disclosure in this news release was prepared in accordance with Canadian standards for the reporting of mineral resource and mineral reserve estimates, which differ in some material respects from the disclosure requirements of United States securities laws. In particular, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the terms “mineral reserve”, “proven mineral reserve”, “probable mineral reserve”, “inferred mineral resources,”, “indicated mineral resources,” “measured mineral resources” and “mineral resources” used or referenced in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement and the documents incorporated by reference herein or therein are Canadian mineral disclosure terms as defined in accordance with Canadian National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”) and the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (the “CIM”) – CIM Definition Standards on Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves, adopted by the CIM Council, as amended (the “CIM Definition Standards”). The definitions of these terms, and other mining terms and disclosures, differ from the definitions of such terms, if any, for purposes of the SEC’s disclosure rules the SEC for domestic United States Issuers (the “SEC Rules”), (the “Exchange Act”). Accordingly, mineral reserve and mineral resource information and other technical information contained in this news release may not be comparable to similar information disclosed by United States companies subject to the SEC’s reporting and disclosure requirements for domestic United States issuers.
Article content
Historical results or feasibility models presented herein are not guarantees or expectations of future performance. Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. Due to the uncertainty of measured, indicated or inferred mineral resources, these mineral resources may never be upgraded to proven and probable mineral reserves. Investors are cautioned not to assume that any part of mineral deposits in these categories will ever be converted into reserves or recovered. In addition, United States investors are cautioned not to assume that any part or all of B2Gold’s measured, indicated or inferred mineral resources constitute or will be converted into mineral reserves or are or will be economically or legally mineable without additional work.
Article content
| B2GOLD CORP. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Expressed in thousands of United States dollars, except shares and per share amounts) (Unaudited) | ||||||||||||||||
| For the three months ended Dec. 31, 2025 | For the three months ended Dec. 31, 2024 | For the twelve months ended Dec. 31, 2025 | For the twelve months ended Dec. 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||
| Gold revenue | $ | 1,053,977 | $ | 499,788 | $ | 3,061,238 | $ | 1,902,030 | ||||||||
| Cost of sales | ||||||||||||||||
| Production costs | (227,935 | ) | (181,376 | ) | (745,446 | ) | (681,828 | ) | ||||||||
| Depreciation and depletion | (143,904 | ) | (93,903 | ) | (440,831 | ) | (367,408 | ) | ||||||||
| Royalties and production taxes | (130,887 | ) | (50,554 | ) | (344,178 | ) | (146,599 | ) | ||||||||
| Total cost of sales | (502,726 | ) | (325,833 | ) | (1,530,455 | ) | (1,195,835 | ) | ||||||||
| Gross profit | 551,251 | 173,955 | 1,530,783 | 706,195 | ||||||||||||
| General and administrative | (24,253 | ) | (19,094 | ) | (67,087 | ) | (59,483 | ) | ||||||||
| Share-based payments | (3,985 | ) | (9,863 | ) | (24,954 | ) | (24,678 | ) | ||||||||
| Non-recoverable input taxes | (1,734 | ) | (2,859 | ) | (14,391 | ) | (13,211 | ) | ||||||||
| Foreign exchange losses | (14,488 | ) | (15,850 | ) | (9,745 | ) | (23,692 | ) | ||||||||
| Share of net income (loss) of associates | 1,170 | (1,951 | ) | (755 | ) | 2,630 | ||||||||||
| Community relations | 69 | (1,123 | ) | (12,510 | ) | (2,909 | ) | |||||||||
| Write-down of mining interests | — | — | (5,118 | ) | (636 | ) | ||||||||||
| Impairment of long-lived assets | — | — | — | (876,376 | ) | |||||||||||
| Gain on sale of mining interests | — | — | — | 56,115 | ||||||||||||
| Gain on sale of shares in associate | — | — | — | 16,822 | ||||||||||||
| Other income (expense) | 3,013 | 5,200 | (13,964 | ) | (29,104 | ) | ||||||||||
| Operating income (loss) | 511,043 | 128,415 | 1,382,259 | (248,327 | ) | |||||||||||
| Losses (gains) on derivative instruments | (96,621 | ) | 2,837 | (266,794 | ) | (2,837 | ) | |||||||||
| Change in fair value of gold stream | (37,958 | ) | (5,629 | ) | (118,364 | ) | (26,825 | ) | ||||||||
| Interest and financing expense | (22,395 | ) | (10,846 | ) | (37,702 | ) | (34,848 | ) | ||||||||
| Interest income | 3,328 | 3,597 | 12,448 | 20,734 | ||||||||||||
| Losses on dilution of associate | — | — | — | (8,984 | ) | |||||||||||
| Other income (expense) | 2,451 | (10,069 | ) | 4,952 | (8,137 | ) | ||||||||||
| Income (loss) from operations before taxes | 359,848 | 108,305 | 976,799 | (309,224 | ) | |||||||||||
| Current income tax, withholding and other taxes | (304,448 | ) | (86,641 | ) | (694,650 | ) | (319,726 | ) | ||||||||
| Deferred income tax recovery (expense) | 124,859 | (30,989 | ) | 144,550 | 2,297 | |||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | 180,259 | $ | (9,325 | ) | $ | 426,699 | $ | (626,653 | ) | ||||||
| Attributable to: | ||||||||||||||||
| Shareholders of the Company | $ | 170,584 | $ | (11,881 | ) | $ | 401,908 | $ | (629,891 | ) | ||||||
| Non-controlling interests | 9,675 | 2,556 | 24,791 | 3,238 | ||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | 180,259 | $ | (9,325 | ) | $ | 426,699 | $ | (626,653 | ) | ||||||
| Earnings (loss) per share (attributable to shareholders of the Company) | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic | $ | 0.13 | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | 0.30 | $ | (0.48 | ) | ||||||
| Diluted | $ | 0.11 | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | 0.28 | $ | (0.48 | ) | ||||||
| Weighted average number of common shares outstanding (in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic | 1,336,691 | 1,313,960 | 1,325,322 | 1,308,850 | ||||||||||||
| Diluted | 1,497,855 | 1,313,960 | 1,480,858 | 1,308,850 | ||||||||||||
Article content
| B2GOLD CORP. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Expressed in thousands of United States dollars) (Unaudited) | |||||||||||||||
| For the three months ended Dec. 31, 2025 | For the three months ended Dec. 31, 2024 | For the twelve months ended Dec. 31, 2025 | For the twelve months ended Dec. 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Operating activities | |||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | 180,259 | $ | (9,325 | ) | $ | 426,699 | $ | (626,653 | ) | |||||
| Mine restoration provisions settled | (1,477 | ) | (620 | ) | (3,134 | ) | (2,088 | ) | |||||||
| Non-cash charges, net | 177,349 | 154,570 | 805,682 | 1,289,104 | |||||||||||
| Delivery into prepaid sales | (144,699 | ) | — | (288,792 | ) | — | |||||||||
| Proceeds from prepaid sales | — | — | — | 500,023 | |||||||||||
| Changes in non-cash working capital | 104,935 | (101,031 | ) | 189,886 | (155,179 | ) | |||||||||
| Changes in long-term inventory | (7,539 | ) | 62,052 | (109,705 | ) | (55,413 | ) | ||||||||
| Changes in long-term value added tax receivables | (22,464 | ) | 14,898 | (124,800 | ) | (72,190 | ) | ||||||||
| Cash provided by operating activities | 286,364 | 120,544 | 895,836 | 877,604 | |||||||||||
| Financing activities | |||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from convertible senior unsecured notes, net of financing costs | — | — | 445,913 | — | |||||||||||
| Revolving credit facility draw downs, net of financing costs | — | 245,753 | 195,869 | 445,753 | |||||||||||
| Revolving credit facility repayments | (50,000 | ) | (50,000 | ) | (450,000 | ) | (200,000 | ) | |||||||
| Equipment facility draw downs, net of financing costs | 4,720 | 7,779 | 21,463 | 7,779 | |||||||||||
| Equipment loan facility repayments | (1,759 | ) | (2,156 | ) | (14,003 | ) | (11,042 | ) | |||||||
| Interest and commitment fees paid | (5,990 | ) | (5,904 | ) | (18,447 | ) | (11,648 | ) | |||||||
| Common shares issued in flow-through financing | 13,920 | 10,073 | 13,920 | 10,073 | |||||||||||
| Common shares issued on exercise of stock options | 30,747 | 108 | 66,083 | 3,122 | |||||||||||
| Repurchase of common shares | — | — | (9,849 | ) | — | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | (26,014 | ) | (46,662 | ) | (103,444 | ) | (184,632 | ) | |||||||
| Principal payments on lease arrangements | (5,186 | ) | (1,146 | ) | (22,078 | ) | (6,531 | ) | |||||||
| Distributions to non-controlling interests | (7,473 | ) | (110,169 | ) | (29,914 | ) | (122,869 | ) | |||||||
| Realized loss on derivative instruments | (32,633 | ) | — | (36,846 | ) | — | |||||||||
| Other | 83 | 473 | (21 | ) | 923 | ||||||||||
| Cash (used) provided by financing activities | (79,585 | ) | 48,149 | 58,646 | (69,072 | ) | |||||||||
| Investing activities | |||||||||||||||
| Expenditures on mining interests: | |||||||||||||||
| Fekola Mine | (50,175 | ) | (59,571 | ) | (222,670 | ) | (257,776 | ) | |||||||
| Masbate Mine | (6,109 | ) | (9,534 | ) | (41,257 | ) | (29,763 | ) | |||||||
| Otjikoto Mine | (11,298 | ) | (2,714 | ) | (24,005 | ) | (28,842 | ) | |||||||
| Goose Mine | (76,089 | ) | (149,262 | ) | (471,453 | ) | (515,391 | ) | |||||||
| Fekola Regional Properties | (7,093 | ) | (3,444 | ) | (20,845 | ) | (16,861 | ) | |||||||
| Gramalote Project | (8,445 | ) | (6,901 | ) | (31,920 | ) | (17,128 | ) | |||||||
| Other exploration | (15,467 | ) | (13,465 | ) | (50,679 | ) | (52,629 | ) | |||||||
| Purchases of long-term investments | (12,672 | ) | (9,660 | ) | (25,850 | ) | (16,576 | ) | |||||||
| Purchase of shares in associate | — | — | (4,800 | ) | (9,089 | ) | |||||||||
| Purchases of short-term investments | (19,490 | ) | (16,361 | ) | (45,041 | ) | (16,361 | ) | |||||||
| Redemptions of short-term investments | 23,940 | 5,386 | 54,949 | 5,386 | |||||||||||
| Funding of reclamation deposits | (2,661 | ) | (802 | ) | (10,915 | ) | (5,797 | ) | |||||||
| Cash proceeds on sale of investment in associate | — | — | — | 100,302 | |||||||||||
| Cash proceeds on sale of long-term investments | — | 15,276 | — | 92,564 | |||||||||||
| Cash proceeds from sale of mining interest | — | 7,500 | — | 7,500 | |||||||||||
| Other | 1,794 | (8,415 | ) | 1,746 | (2,840 | ) | |||||||||
| Cash used by investing activities | (183,765 | ) | (251,967 | ) | (892,740 | ) | (763,301 | ) | |||||||
| Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 23,014 | (83,274 | ) | 61,742 | 45,231 | ||||||||||
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | (9,818 | ) | (10,868 | ) | (18,289 | ) | (15,155 | ) | |||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | 367,228 | 431,113 | 336,971 | 306,895 | |||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | $ | 380,424 | $ | 336,971 | $ | 380,424 | $ | 336,971 | |||||||
Article content
| B2GOLD CORP. CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Expressed in thousands of United States dollars) | ||||||||
| As at | As at | |||||||
| December 31, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Assets | ||||||||
| Current | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 380,424 | $ | 336,971 | ||||
| Receivables, prepaids and other | 58,293 | 41,059 | ||||||
| Value-added and other tax receivables | 63,732 | 46,173 | ||||||
| Inventories | 627,225 | 477,586 | ||||||
| 1,129,674 | 901,789 | |||||||
| Long-term investments | 286,066 | 76,717 | ||||||
| Long-term value-added tax receivables | 276,035 | 244,147 | ||||||
| Mining interests | 3,760,337 | 3,291,435 | ||||||
| Investment in associates | 98,183 | 91,417 | ||||||
| Long-term inventories | 177,595 | 134,529 | ||||||
| Other assets | 74,986 | 73,964 | ||||||
| Deferred income taxes | 76,440 | — | ||||||
| $ | 5,879,316 | $ | 4,813,998 | |||||
| Liabilities | ||||||||
| Current | ||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ | 174,802 | $ | 156,352 | ||||
| Current income and other taxes payable | 267,073 | 103,557 | ||||||
| Current portion of prepaid gold sales | 285,458 | 272,781 | ||||||
| Current portion of long-term debt | 33,870 | 16,419 | ||||||
| Current portion of derivative instruments | 237,308 | 1,606 | ||||||
| Current portion of gold stream obligation | 24,500 | 6,900 | ||||||
| Current portion of mine restoration provisions | 18,114 | 7,170 | ||||||
| Other current liabilities | 20,131 | 15,902 | ||||||
| 1,061,256 | 580,687 | |||||||
| Prepaid gold sales | — | 265,329 | ||||||
| Long-term debt | 564,440 | 421,464 | ||||||
| Gold stream obligation | 258,231 | 159,525 | ||||||
| Mine restoration provisions | 151,293 | 140,541 | ||||||
| Deferred income taxes | 151,343 | 169,738 | ||||||
| Employee benefits obligation | 25,103 | 18,410 | ||||||
| Other long-term liabilities | 26,134 | 22,607 | ||||||
| 2,237,800 | 1,778,301 | |||||||
| Equity | ||||||||
| Shareholders’ equity | ||||||||
| Share capital | 3,607,005 | 3,510,271 | ||||||
| Contributed surplus | 151,218 | 91,184 | ||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | 55,955 | (102,771 | ) | |||||
| Retained deficit | (220,613 | ) | (515,619 | ) | ||||
| 3,593,565 | 2,983,065 | |||||||
| Non-controlling interests | 47,951 | 52,632 | ||||||
| 3,641,516 | 3,035,697 | |||||||
| $ | 5,879,316 | $ | 4,813,998 | |||||
Article content
NON-IFRS MEASURES
Article content
Cash operating costs per gold ounce sold and total cash costs per gold ounce sold
Article content
‘‘Cash operating costs per gold ounce’’ and “total cash costs per gold ounce” are common financial performance measures in the gold mining industry but, as non-IFRS measures, they do not have a standardized meaning under IFRS and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. Management believes that, in addition to conventional measures prepared in accordance with IFRS, certain investors use this information to evaluate our performance and ability to generate cash flow. Accordingly, these measures are intended to provide additional information and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS. The measures, along with sales, are considered to be a key indicator of the Company’s ability to generate earnings and cash flow from its mining operations.
Article content
Cash cost figures are calculated on a sales basis in accordance with a standard developed by The Gold Institute, which was a worldwide association of suppliers of gold and gold products and included leading North American gold producers. The Gold Institute ceased operations in 2002, but the standard is the accepted standard of reporting cash cost of production in North America. Adoption of the standard is voluntary and the cost measures presented may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies. Other companies may calculate these measures differently. Cash operating costs and total cash costs per gold ounce sold are derived from amounts included in the statement of operations and include mine site operating costs such as mining, processing, smelting, refining, transportation costs, royalties and production taxes, less silver by-product credits. The tables below show a reconciliation of cash operating costs per gold ounce sold and total cash costs per gold ounce sold to production costs as extracted from the annual consolidated financial statements on a consolidated and a mine-by-mine basis (dollars in thousands):
Article content
| For the three months ended December 31, 2025 | |||||
| Fekola Mine | Masbate Mine | Otjikoto Mine | Goose Mine | Grand Total | |
| $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |
| Production costs | 118,511 | 40,368 | 33,653 | 35,403 | 227,935 |
| Royalties and production taxes | 110,134 | 10,737 | 8,486 | 1,529 | 130,886 |
| Total cash costs | 228,645 | 51,105 | 42,139 | 36,932 | 358,821 |
| Gold sold (ounces) | 153,407 | 47,420 | 50,725 | 31,938 | 283,490 |
| Cash operating costs per ounce ($/gold ounce sold) | 773 | 851 | 663 | 1,108 | 804 |
| Total cash costs per ounce ($/gold ounce sold) | 1,490 | 1,078 | 831 | 1,156 | 1,266 |
Article content
| For the three months ended December 31, 2024 | ||||||
| Fekola Mine | Masbate Mine | Otjikoto Mine | Total | Calibre equity investment | Grand Total | |
| $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |
| Production costs | 107,778 | 38,392 | 35,206 | 181,376 | — | 181,376 |
| Royalties and production taxes | 37,792 | 7,381 | 5,381 | 50,554 | — | 50,554 |
| Total cash costs | 145,570 | 45,773 | 40,587 | 231,930 | — | 231,930 |
| Gold sold (ounces) | 86,453 | 51,010 | 50,330 | 187,793 | — | 187,793 |
| Cash operating costs per ounce ($/gold ounce sold) | 1,247 | 753 | 700 | 966 | — | 966 |
| Total cash costs per ounce ($/gold ounce sold) | 1,684 | 897 | 806 | 1,235 | — | 1,235 |
Article content
| For the year ended December 31, 2025 | |||||||
| Fekola Mine | Masbate Mine | Otjikoto Mine | Goose Mine | Grand Total | |||
| $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||
| Production costs | 408,105 | 162,484 | 130,327 | 44,530 | 745,446 | ||
| Royalties and production taxes | 277,902 | 36,950 | 27,417 | 1,909 | 344,178 | ||
| Less pre-commercial production costs | — | — | — | (9,507 | ) | (9,507 | ) |
| Total cash costs | 686,007 | 199,434 | 157,744 | 36,932 | 1,080,117 | ||
| Gold sold (ounces) | 493,759 | 195,813 | 198,602 | 39,623 | 927,797 | ||
| Less pre-commercial sales (ounces) | — | — | — | (7,685 | ) | (7,685 | ) |
| Gold sold from commercial production (ounces) | 493,759 | 195,813 | 198,602 | 31,938 | 920,112 | ||
| Cash operating costs per ounce ($/gold ounce sold) | 827 | 830 | 656 | 1,108 | 800 | ||
| Total cash costs per ounce ($/gold ounce sold) | 1,389 | 1,018 | 794 | 1,156 | 1,174 | ||
Article content
| For the year ended December 31, 2024 | ||||||
| Fekola Mine | Masbate Mine | Otjikoto Mine | Total | Calibre equity investment | Grand Total | |
| $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |
| Production costs | 384,221 | 161,462 | 136,145 | 681,828 | 25,126 | 706,954 |
| Royalties and production taxes | 100,353 | 26,801 | 19,445 | 146,599 | 1,565 | 148,164 |
| Total cash costs | 484,574 | 188,263 | 155,590 | 828,427 | 26,691 | 855,118 |
| Gold sold (ounces) | 404,458 | 193,270 | 203,796 | 801,524 | 19,644 | 821,168 |
| Cash operating costs per ounce ($/gold ounce sold) | 950 | 835 | 668 | 851 | 1,279 | 861 |
| Total cash costs per ounce ($/gold ounce sold) | 1,198 | 974 | 763 | 1,034 | 1,359 | 1,041 |
Article content
Cash operating costs per gold ounce produced
Article content
In addition to cash operating costs on a per gold ounce sold basis, the Company also presents cash operating costs on a per gold ounce produced basis. Cash operating costs per gold ounce produced is derived from amounts included in the statement of operations and include mine site operating costs such as mining, processing, smelting, refining, transportation costs, less silver by-product credits. Cash operating costs per gold ounce produced do not include pre-commercial production from the Goose Mine. The tables below show a reconciliation of cash operating costs per gold ounce produced to production costs as extracted from the annual consolidated financial statements on a consolidated and a mine-by-mine basis (dollars in thousands):
Article content
| For the three months ended December 31, 2025 | |||||||
| Fekola Mine | Masbate Mine | Otjikoto Mine | Goose Mine | Grand Total | |||
| $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||
| Production costs | 118,511 | 40,368 | 33,653 | 35,403 | 227,935 | ||
| Inventory sales adjustment | (13,439 | ) | 184 | 2,717 | 5,780 | (4,758 | ) |
| Cash operating costs | 105,072 | 40,552 | 36,370 | 41,183 | 223,177 | ||
| Gold produced (ounces) | 163,720 | 49,900 | 50,793 | 38,616 | 303,029 | ||
| Cash operating costs per ounce ($/gold ounce produced) | 642 | 813 | 716 | 1,066 | 736 | ||
Article content
| For the three months ended December 31, 2024 | |||||||||
| Fekola Mine | Masbate Mine | Otjikoto Mine | Total | Calibre equity investment | Grand Total | ||||
| $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||
| Production costs | 107,778 | 38,392 | 35,206 | 181,376 | — | 181,376 | |||
| Inventory sales adjustment | (7,600 | ) | 2,950 | 3,245 | (1,405 | ) | — | (1,405 | ) |
| Cash operating costs | 100,178 | 41,342 | 38,451 | 179,971 | — | 179,971 | |||
| Gold produced (ounces) | 84,015 | 49,534 | 52,452 | 186,001 | — | 186,001 | |||
| Cash operating costs per ounce ($/gold ounce produced) | 1,192 | 835 | 733 | 968 | — | 968 | |||
Article content
| For the year ended December 31, 2025 | ||||||||
| Fekola Mine | Masbate Mine | Otjikoto Mine | Goose Mine | Grand Total | ||||
| $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||
| Production costs | 408,105 | 162,484 | 130,327 | 44,530 | 745,446 | |||
| Inventory sales adjustment | 1,734 | (2,799 | ) | 635 | 11,923 | 11,493 | ||
| Pre-commercial production costs | — | — | — | (15,270 | ) | (15,270 | ) | |
| Cash operating costs | 409,839 | 159,685 | 130,962 | 41,183 | 741,669 | |||
| Gold Produced (in ounces) | 530,769 | 196,526 | 199,139 | 53,170 | 979,604 | |||
| Less pre-commercial production ounces | — | — | — | (14,554 | ) | (14,554 | ) | |
| Gold produced from commercial production (ounces) | 530,769 | 196,526 | 199,139 | 38,616 | 965,050 | |||
| Cash operating costs per ounce ($/gold ounce produced) | 772 | 813 | 658 | 1,066 | 769 | |||
Article content
| For the year ended December 31, 2024 | ||||||
| Fekola Mine | Masbate Mine | Otjikoto Mine | Total | Calibre equity investment | Grand Total | |
| $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |
| Production costs | 384,221 | 161,462 | 136,145 | 681,828 | 25,126 | 706,954 |
| Inventory sales adjustment | 4,905 | 1,183 | 2,391 | 8,479 | — | 8,479 |
| Cash operating costs | 389,126 | 162,645 | 138,536 | 690,307 | 25,126 | 715,433 |
| Gold produced (ounces) | 392,946 | 194,046 | 198,142 | 785,134 | 19,644 | 804,778 |
| Cash operating costs per ounce ($/ gold ounce produced) | 990 | 838 | 699 | 879 | 1,279 | 889 |
Article content
All-in sustaining costs per gold ounce
Article content
In June 2013, the World Gold Council, a non-regulatory association of the world’s leading gold mining companies established to promote the use of gold to industry, consumers and investors, provided guidance for the calculation of the measure “all-in sustaining costs per gold ounce”, but as a non-IFRS measure, it does not have a standardized meaning under IFRS and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. The original World Gold Council standard became effective January 1, 2014 with further updates announced on November 16, 2018 which were effective starting January 1, 2019.
Article content
Management believes that the all-in sustaining costs per gold ounce measure provides additional insight into the costs of producing gold by capturing all of the expenditures required for the discovery, development and sustaining of gold production and allows the Company to assess its ability to support capital expenditures to sustain future production from the generation of operating cash flows. Management believes that, in addition to conventional measures prepared in accordance with IFRS, certain investors use this information to evaluate the Company’s performance and ability to generate cash flow. Accordingly, it is intended to provide additional information and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS. Adoption of the standard is voluntary and the cost measures presented may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies. The Company has applied the principles of the World Gold Council recommendations and has reported all-in sustaining costs on a sales basis. Other companies may calculate these measures differently.
Article content
B2Gold defines all-in sustaining costs per ounce as the sum of cash operating costs, royalties and production taxes, capital expenditures and exploration costs that are sustaining in nature, sustaining lease expenditures, corporate general and administrative costs, share-based payment expenses related to RSUs/DSUs/PSUs/RPUs, community relations expenditures, reclamation liability accretion and realized (gains) losses on fuel derivative contracts, all divided by the total post-commercial production gold ounces sold to arrive at a per ounce figure.
Article content
The tables below show a reconciliation of all-in sustaining costs per ounce to production costs as extracted from the annual consolidated financial statements on a consolidated and a mine-by-mine basis (dollars in thousands):
Article content
| For the three months ended December 31, 2025 | ||||||||
| Fekola Mine | Masbate Mine | Otjikoto Mine | Goose Mine | Corporate | Grand Total | |||
| $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||
| Production costs | 118,511 | 40,368 | 33,653 | 35,403 | — | 227,935 | ||
| Royalties and production taxes | 110,134 | 10,737 | 8,486 | 1,529 | — | 130,886 | ||
| Corporate administration | 5,718 | 1,279 | 1,150 | 166 | 15,940 | 24,253 | ||
| Share-based payments – RSUs/DSUs/PSUs/RPUs(1) | (43 | ) | — | — | — | 3,596 | 3,553 | |
| Community relations | 1,183 | 78 | 681 | 698 | — | 2,640 | ||
| Reclamation liability accretion | 632 | 331 | 226 | 472 | — | 1,661 | ||
| Realized losses (gains) on fuel derivative contracts | 165 | 112 | (5 | ) | — | — | 272 | |
| Sustaining lease expenditures | 4,897 | 301 | 1,648 | — | 451 | 7,297 | ||
| Sustaining capital expenditures(2) | 50,175 | 5,022 | 8,467 | 24,869 | — | 88,533 | ||
| Sustaining mine exploration(2) | 609 | 102 | 719 | 8,694 | — | 10,124 | ||
| Total all-in sustaining costs | 291,981 | 58,330 | 55,025 | 71,831 | 19,987 | 497,154 | ||
| Gold sold (ounces) | 153,407 | 47,420 | 50,725 | 31,938 | — | 283,490 | ||
| All-in sustaining cost per ounce ($/gold ounce sold) | 1,903 | 1,230 | 1,085 | 2,249 | — | 1,754 | ||
Article content
(1) Included as a component of Share-based payments on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.
(2) Refer to Sustaining capital expenditures and Sustaining mine exploration reconciliations below.
Article content
The table below shows a reconciliation of sustaining capital expenditures to operating mine capital expenditures as extracted from the annual consolidated financial statements on a consolidated and a mine-by-mine basis (dollars in thousands):
Article content
| For the three months ended December 31, 2025 | |||||||||
| Fekola Mine | Masbate Mine | Otjikoto Mine | Goose Mine | Grand Total | |||||
| $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||
| Operating mine capital expenditures | 50,175 | 6,109 | 11,298 | 76,089 | 143,671 | ||||
| Plant and infrastructure construction | — | — | — | (51,220 | ) | (51,220 | ) | ||
| Land acquisitions | — | (1,018 | ) | — | — | (1,018 | ) | ||
| Other | — | (69 | ) | (2,831 | ) | — | (2,900 | ) | |
| Sustaining capital expenditures | 50,175 | 5,022 | 8,467 | 24,869 | 88,533 | ||||
Article content
The table below shows a reconciliation of sustaining mine exploration to operating mine exploration as extracted from the annual consolidated financial statements on a consolidated and a mine-by-mine basis (dollars in thousands):
Article content
| For the three months ended December 31, 2025 | ||||||||
| Fekola Mine | Masbate Mine | Otjikoto Mine | Goose Mine | Grand Total | ||||
| $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||
| Operating mine exploration | 609 | 1,086 | 1,700 | 8,694 | 12,089 | |||
| Regional exploration | — | (984 | ) | (981 | ) | — | (1,965 | ) |
| Sustaining mine exploration | 609 | 102 | 719 | 8,694 | 10,124 | |||
Article content
The tables below show a reconciliation of all-in sustaining costs per ounce to production costs as extracted from the annual consolidated financial statements on a consolidated and a mine-by-mine basis (dollars in thousands):
Article content
| For the three months ended December 31, 2024 | ||||||||
| Fekola Mine | Masbate Mine | Otjikoto Mine | Corporate | Total | Calibre equity investment | Grand Total | ||
| $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||
| Production costs | 107,778 | 38,392 | 35,206 | — | 181,376 | — | 181,376 | |
| Royalties and production taxes | 37,792 | 7,381 | 5,381 | — | 50,554 | — | 50,554 | |
| Corporate administration | 3,209 | 1,168 | 1,089 | 13,628 | 19,094 | — | 19,094 | |
| Share-based payments – RSUs/DSUs/PSUs/RPUs(1) | 16 | — | — | 3,532 | 3,548 | — | 3,548 | |
| Community relations | 543 | 89 | 491 | — | 1,123 | — | 1,123 | |
| Reclamation liability accretion | 443 | 299 | 226 | — | 968 | — | 968 | |
| Realized losses on fuel derivative contracts | 465 | 255 | 83 | — | 803 | — | 803 | |
| Sustaining lease expenditures | 80 | 309 | 230 | 483 | 1,102 | — | 1,102 | |
| Sustaining capital expenditures(2) | 41,809 | 7,993 | 2,590 | — | 52,392 | — | 52,392 | |
| Sustaining mine exploration(2) | 1,292 | 320 | 658 | — | 2,270 | — | 2,270 | |
| Total all-in sustaining costs | 193,427 | 56,206 | 45,954 | 17,643 | 313,230 | — | 313,230 | |
| Gold sold (ounces) | 86,453 | 51,010 | 50,330 | — | 187,793 | — | 187,793 | |
| All-in sustaining cost per ounce ($/gold ounce sold) | 2,237 | 1,102 | 913 | — | 1,668 | — | 1,668 | |
Article content
(1) Included as a component of Share-based payments on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.
(2) Refer to Sustaining capital expenditures and Sustaining mine exploration reconciliations below.
Article content
The table below shows a reconciliation of sustaining capital expenditures to operating mine capital expenditures as extracted from the annual consolidated financial statements on a consolidated and a mine-by-mine basis (dollars in thousands):
Article content
| For the three months ended December 31, 2024 | |||||||||||
| Fekola Mine | Masbate Mine | Otjikoto Mine | Total | Calibre equity investment | Grand Total | ||||||
| $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||
| Operating mine capital expenditures | 59,571 | 9,534 | 2,714 | 71,819 | — | 71,819 | |||||
| Road construction | (278 | ) | — | — | (278 | ) | — | (278 | ) | ||
| Fekola underground | (17,484 | ) | — | — | (17,484 | ) | — | (17,484 | ) | ||
| Land acquisitions | — | (1,541 | ) | — | (1,541 | ) | — | (1,541 | ) | ||
| Other | — | — | (124 | ) | (124 | ) | — | (124 | ) | ||
| Sustaining capital expenditures | 41,809 | 7,993 | 2,590 | 52,392 | — | 52,392 | |||||
Article content
The table below shows a reconciliation of sustaining mine exploration to operating mine exploration as extracted from the annual consolidated financial statements on a consolidated and a mine-by-mine basis (dollars in thousands):
Article content
| For the three months ended December 31, 2024 | ||||||||||
| Fekola Mine | Masbate Mine | Otjikoto Mine | Total | Calibre equity investment | Grand Total | |||||
| $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||
| Operating mine exploration | 1,292 | 610 | 2,634 | 4,536 | — | 4,536 | ||||
| Regional exploration | — | (290 | ) | (1,976 | ) | (2,266 | ) | — | (2,266 | ) |
| Sustaining mine exploration | 1,292 | 320 | 658 | 2,270 | — | 2,270 | ||||
Article content
The tables below show a reconciliation of all-in sustaining costs per ounce to production costs as extracted from the annual consolidated financial statements on a consolidated and a mine-by-mine basis (dollars in thousands):
Article content
| For the year ended December 31, 2025 | ||||||||
| Fekola Mine | Masbate Mine | Otjikoto Mine | Goose Mine | Corporate | Grand Total | |||
| $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||
| Production costs | 408,105 | 162,484 | 130,327 | 44,530 | — | 745,446 | ||
| Royalties and production taxes | 277,902 | 36,950 | 27,417 | 1,909 | — | 344,178 | ||
| Corporate administration | 16,511 | 2,977 | 4,448 | 166 | 42,985 | 67,087 | ||
| Share-based payments – RSUs/DSUs/PSUs/RPUs(1) | — | — | — | — | 14,409 | 14,409 | ||
| Community relations | 2,321 | 350 | 1,850 | 7,989 | — | 12,510 | ||
| Reclamation liability accretion | 2,581 | 1,344 | 970 | 1,604 | — | 6,499 | ||
| Realized losses on fuel derivative contracts | 925 | 578 | 90 | — | — | 1,593 | ||
| Sustaining lease expenditures | 5,148 | 1,262 | 5,306 | — | 1,780 | 13,496 | ||
| Sustaining capital expenditures(2) | 176,787 | 36,488 | 20,161 | 24,869 | — | 258,305 | ||
| Sustaining mine exploration(2) | 609 | 220 | 1,910 | 8,694 | — | 11,433 | ||
| Total all-in sustaining costs | 890,889 | 242,653 | 192,479 | 89,761 | 59,174 | 1,474,956 | ||
| Less all-in sustaining costs related to pre-commercial production | — | — | — | (17,930 | ) | — | (17,930 | ) |
| Total all-in sustaining costs from commercial production | 890,889 | 242,653 | 192,479 | 71,831 | 59,174 | 1,457,026 | ||
| Gold Sold (ounces) | 493,759 | 195,813 | 198,602 | 39,623 | — | 927,797 | ||
| Less pre-commercial sales ounces | — | — | — | (7,685 | ) | — | (7,685 | ) |
| Gold Sold from commercial production (ounces) | 493,759 | 195,813 | 198,602 | 31,938 | — | 920,112 | ||
| All-in sustaining cost per ounce ($/gold ounce sold) | 1,804 | 1,239 | 969 | 2,249 | — | 1,584 | ||
Article content
(1) Included as a component of Share-based payments on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.
(2) Refer to Sustaining capital expenditures and Sustaining mine exploration reconciliations below.
Article content
The table below shows a reconciliation of sustaining capital expenditures to operating mine capital expenditures as extracted from the annual consolidated financial statements on a consolidated and a mine-by-mine basis (dollars in thousands):
Article content
| For the year ended December 31, 2025 | ||||||||||
| Fekola Mine | Masbate Mine | Otjikoto Mine | Goose Mine | Grand Total | ||||||
| $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||
| Operating mine capital expenditures | 222,670 | 41,257 | 24,005 | 471,453 | 759,385 | |||||
| Pre-production capital expenditures | — | — | — | (395,364 | ) | (395,364 | ) | |||
| Plant and infrastructure construction | — | — | — | (51,220 | ) | (51,220 | ) | |||
| Fekola underground | (45,883 | ) | — | — | — | (45,883 | ) | |||
| Land acquisitions | — | (3,729 | ) | — | — | (3,729 | ) | |||
| Other | — | (1,040 | ) | (3,844 | ) | — | (4,884 | ) | ||
| Sustaining capital expenditures | 176,787 | 36,488 | 20,161 | 24,869 | 258,305 | |||||
Article content
The table below shows a reconciliation of sustaining mine exploration to operating mine exploration as extracted from the annual consolidated financial statements (dollars in thousands):
Article content
| For the year ended December 31, 2025 | |||||||||
| Fekola Mine | Masbate Mine | Otjikoto Mine | Goose Mine | Grand Total | |||||
| $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||
| Operating mine exploration | 609 | 2,639 | 8,133 | 24,635 | 36,016 | ||||
| Regional exploration | — | (2,419 | ) | (6,223 | ) | (15,941 | ) | (24,583 | ) |
| Sustaining mine exploration | 609 | 220 | 1,910 | 8,694 | 11,433 | ||||
Article content
The tables below show a reconciliation of all-in sustaining costs per ounce to production costs as extracted from the annual consolidated financial statements on a consolidated and a mine-by-mine basis (dollars in thousands):
Article content
| For the year ended December 31, 2024 | ||||||||
| Fekola Mine | Masbate Mine | Otjikoto Mine | Corporate | Total | Calibre equity investment | Grand Total | ||
| $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||
| Production costs | 384,221 | 161,462 | 136,145 | — | 681,828 | 25,126 | 706,954 | |
| Royalties and production taxes | 100,353 | 26,801 | 19,445 | — | 146,599 | 1,565 | 148,164 | |
| Corporate administration | 11,220 | 2,767 | 4,781 | 40,715 | 59,483 | 1,463 | 60,946 | |
| Share-based payments – RSUs/DSUs/PSUs/RPUs(1) | 111 | — | — | 16,150 | 16,261 | — | 16,261 | |
| Community relations | 962 | 228 | 1,719 | — | 2,909 | — | 2,909 | |
| Reclamation liability accretion | 1,815 | 1,234 | 961 | — | 4,010 | — | 4,010 | |
| Realized losses on fuel derivative contracts | 100 | 35 | 73 | — | 208 | — | 208 | |
| Sustaining lease expenditures | 329 | 1,248 | 1,254 | 1,989 | 4,820 | — | 4,820 | |
| Sustaining capital expenditures(2) | 193,277 | 27,314 | 27,668 | — | 248,259 | 2,392 | 250,651 | |
| Sustaining mine exploration(2) | 4,428 | 2,121 | 1,769 | — | 8,318 | — | 8,318 | |
| Total all-in sustaining costs | 696,816 | 223,210 | 193,815 | 58,854 | 1,172,695 | 30,546 | 1,203,241 | |
| Gold sold (ounces) | 404,458 | 193,270 | 203,796 | — | 801,524 | 19,644 | 821,168 | |
| All-in sustaining cost per ounce ($/gold ounce sold) | 1,723 | 1,155 | 951 | — | 1,463 | 1,555 | 1,465 | |
Article content
(1) Included as a component of Share-based payments on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.
(2) Refer to Sustaining capital expenditures and Sustaining mine exploration reconciliations below.
Article content
The table below shows a reconciliation of sustaining capital expenditures to operating mine capital expenditures as extracted from the annual consolidated financial statements (dollars in thousands):
Article content
| For the year ended December 31, 2024 | |||||||||||
| Fekola Mine | Masbate Mine | Otjikoto Mine | Total | Calibre equity investment | Grand Total | ||||||
| $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||
| Operating mine capital expenditures | 257,776 | 29,763 | 28,842 | 316,381 | 2,392 | 318,773 | |||||
| Road construction | (887 | ) | — | — | (887 | ) | — | (887 | ) | ||
| Fekola underground | (63,612 | ) | — | — | (63,612 | ) | — | (63,612 | ) | ||
| Land acquisitions | — | (2,189 | ) | — | (2,189 | ) | — | (2,189 | ) | ||
| Other | — | (260 | ) | (1,174 | ) | (1,434 | ) | — | (1,434 | ) | |
| Sustaining capital expenditures | 193,277 | 27,314 | 27,668 | 248,259 | 2,392 | 250,651 | |||||
Article content
The table below shows a reconciliation of sustaining mine exploration to operating mine exploration as extracted from the annual consolidated financial statements (dollars in thousands):
Article content
| For the year ended December 31, 2024 | ||||||||||
| Fekola Mine | Masbate Mine | Otjikoto Mine | Total | Calibre equity investment | Grand Total | |||||
| $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||
| Operating mine exploration | 4,428 | 3,649 | 7,825 | 15,902 | — | 15,902 | ||||
| Regional exploration | — | (1,528 | ) | (6,056 | ) | (7,584 | ) | — | (7,584 | ) |
| Sustaining mine exploration | 4,428 | 2,121 | 1,769 | 8,318 | — | 8,318 | ||||
Article content
Adjusted net income and adjusted earnings per share – basic
Article content
Adjusted net income and adjusted earnings per share – basic are non-IFRS measures that do not have a standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. The Company defines adjusted net income as net income attributable to shareholders of the Company adjusted for non-recurring items and also significant recurring non-cash items. The Company defines adjusted earnings per share – basic as adjusted net income divided by the basic weighted average number of common shares outstanding.
Article content
Management believes that the presentation of adjusted net income and adjusted earnings per share – basic is appropriate to provide additional information to investors regarding items that we do not expect to continue at the same level in the future or that management does not believe to be a reflection of the Company’s ongoing operating performance. Management further believes that its presentation of these non-IFRS financial measures provide information that is useful to investors because they are important indicators of the strength of our operations and the performance of our core business. Accordingly, it is intended to provide additional information and should not be considered in isolation as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS. Other companies may calculate this measure differently.
Article content
A reconciliation of net income (loss) to adjusted net income as extracted from the annual consolidated financial statements is set out in the table below:
Article content
| Three months ended | Year ended | |||||||
| December 31, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||
| $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||
| (000’s) | (000’s) | (000’s) | (000’s) | |||||
| Net income (loss) attributable to shareholders of the Company for the period: | 170,584 | (11,881 | ) | 401,908 | (629,891 | ) | ||
| Adjustments for non-recurring items and significant recurring non-cash items: | ||||||||
| Unrealized losses (gains) on derivative instruments | 63,717 | (3,639 | ) | 236,087 | 2,630 | |||
| Change in fair value of gold stream | 37,958 | 5,629 | 118,364 | 26,825 | ||||
| Realized gain on total return swap | — | — | (7,731 | ) | — | |||
| Write-down of mining interests | — | — | 5,118 | 636 | ||||
| Impairment of long-lived assets | — | — | — | 858,301 | ||||
| Gain on sale of mining interests | — | — | — | (56,115 | ) | |||
| Gain on sale of shares in associate | — | — | — | (16,822 | ) | |||
| Regulatory dispute settlement | — | — | — | 15,089 | ||||
| Dilution loss on investment in Calibre | — | — | — | 8,984 | ||||
| Deferred income tax (recovery) expense | (125,008 | ) | 27,324 | (141,893 | ) | (3,095 | ) | |
| Adjusted net income attributable to shareholders of the Company for the period | 147,251 | 17,433 | 611,853 | 206,542 | ||||
| Basic weighted average number of common shares outstanding (in thousands) | 1,336,691 | 1,313,960 | 1,325,322 | 1,308,850 | ||||
| Adjusted net earnings attributable to shareholders of the Company per share–basic ($/share) | 0.11 | 0.01 | 0.46 | 0.16 | ||||
Article content
Article content
Article content
Article content
Article content
Article content
Article content
Article content
English (US)