“Our mines continued to deliver strong operational performance during the quarter, which has allowed us to increase 2018 production guidance to 1.58 million ounces of gold from 1.53 million ounces. Cash costs remained at the mid-point of our guidance, but we expect these costs to trend lower in the second half of the year”, said Sean Boyd , Agnico Eagle’s Chief Executive Officer. “In the second quarter, we continued to make good progress on our development projects in Nunavut . We recently received the Type A water licence for the Whale Tail pit at Amaruq, which allowed us to begin construction in late July, and the shipping season is now underway at Meliadine, which should facilitate timely completion of the project allowing for the expected start of production in the second quarter of 2019” added Mr. Boyd .