Major Russian gold producer Polymetal is predicting the return of free cashflows and reduction of net debt over the coming year despite the impact of international sanctions on domestic inflation, supply chain and sales channels.
Group CEO Vitaly Nesis says Polymetal maintained operational stability in FY2022 in the face of extraordinary external challenges that followed the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Revenue for the year slid to $US2.8B (FY2021: $2.89B), of which $933M was generated from operations in Kazakhstan and $1.9B in the Russian Federation.
Gold equivalent production rose narrowly to 1.7Moz. Sales disruptions in Q2-Q3 were largely eliminated in Q4.