Alamos Gold is a high-quality gold mining company with significant growth prospects in Canada, particularly through the Lynn Lake and Island Gold District projects. The company reported record financials in Q4 2024, driven by a high gold price and effective cost control, despite an 8% production decline. Proven and probable reserves grew by 31% in 2024, with significant contributions from the acquisition of Magino and strong exploration results at Island Gold.
John McCluskey, Alamos Gold president and CEO, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the company's quarterly earnings results, record gold production, 2025 outlook, and more.
AGI's Q4 performance is likely to have benefited from increased gold sales and prices.
As of February 7, 2025, the price of gold is roughly $2,889, just a couple of dollars below all-time highs reached earlier in the month. The massive rally—gold is up more than 40% in the year leading to that date—has been fueled by a diverse range of factors, including lingering inflation, global geopolitical turmoil, and, most recently in the United States, uncertainty about the Trump administration's planned tariffs on Mexico and Canada, among other things.
Alamos Gold (AGI) possesses solid growth attributes, which could help it handily outperform the market.
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AGI produces a record gold of 567,000 ounces in 2024, in line with its guidance.
Alamos Gold Inc.'s 2024 production was 567Koz, with Young-Davidson and Magino below guidance, while Island Gold and Mulatos District exceeded expectations. The 3-year guidance projects production growth of 7% in 2025, 8% in 2026, and 8% in 2027, with Lynn Lake coming online in 2028. All-in sustaining costs are expected to decrease over the coming years, despite inflationary pressures.
Alamos Gold reported record Q3-24 production and revenue, driven by the acquisition of Argonaut Gold and higher grades at its flagship Island Gold Mine. Although costs were higher year-over-year, this was related to several short-term impacts, including higher costs at Magino, elevated SBC & fewer ounces sold than produced because of the timing of sales. Most importantly, Alamos boasts an industry-leading growth profile, with an asset base and pipeline that can support production of nearly 1.0 million ounces per annum.
Investors need to pay close attention to Alamos Gold (AGI) stock based on the movements in the options market lately.
Alamos Gold (AGI) is technically in oversold territory now, so the heavy selling pressure might have exhausted. This along with strong agreement among Wall Street analysts in raising earnings estimates could lead to a trend reversal for the stock.
Alamos Gold (AGI) possesses solid growth attributes, which could help it handily outperform the market.