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Centerra Gold Inc.’s main producing mines are Mount Milligan in British Columbia, Canada, and Öksüt in Türkiye. Together, they supply most of its revenue. Mount Milligan sells concentrate containing copper and gold to smelters and other buyers under multi-year agreements. Buyers pay for the metal content, less processing charges and other deductions. Öksüt produces unrefined gold bars that are refined in Türkiye and sold to the Turkish central bank at market-based prices. Turkish law gives the bank first refusal; if it declines, the gold is sold through the refinery on Borsa Istanbul.
Mount Milligan relies on a few key customers. Its arrangement with Royal Gold also limits how much it receives from part of its production: Centerra buys gold and copper in the market to deliver to Royal Gold, which pays a fixed gold price and a discounted copper price under the existing contract. Earnings depend on gold, copper and molybdenum prices, while continued operation at Mount Milligan requires permits for further tailings-dam raises.
A separate business, the Langeloth facility in Pennsylvania, buys molybdenum concentrates from other producers, processes them into upgraded products and sells mainly to North American steel and chemical markets. This provides a substantial additional revenue source without relying on Centerra’s own molybdenum mines. Langeloth suspended operations after an explosion in January 2026 and remained shut as of March 2026 while repairs and restart planning proceeded.
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Royal Gold buys metals tied to Centerra’s Mount Milligan sales at agreed prices, so mine output and gold and copper prices affect both—but Centerra’s cost of buying metals for delivery reduces its revenue. Centerra supplied 21.7% of Royal Gold’s 2025 revenue, making its Mount Milligan receipts worth watching.
Eldorado Gold shares Centerra’s exposure to gold prices and mining conditions in Türkiye; both also operate gold-producing mines in Canada. Eldorado’s Kışladağ gold is refined locally and sold at spot prices on Borsa Istanbul, making those sales a comparison for Centerra’s Öksüt business.
Equinox Gold sells mined gold to bullion banks, traders and refiners, sharing Centerra’s gold-price exposure, but it also owes Centerra payments tied to Greenstone production under the stake-sale agreement. Watch Greenstone’s production thresholds: Centerra expected the second payment in 2026 and the third in 2027, with the related gold owed onward to Royal Gold.
Barrick Mining and Centerra both earn money mining gold and copper for global metals buyers, so the same metal prices affect their results. Barrick’s gold and copper earnings provide a comparison for Centerra’s Mount Milligan business, rather than its separate molybdenum operations.
Alamos Gold and Centerra both produce gold in Canada for global metals markets, sharing gold-price exposure and Canadian mining-cost pressures. Alamos’s Island Gold and Young-Davidson production offers a Canadian comparison for Centerra’s gold output at Mount Milligan.
IAMGold Corporation shares Centerra’s exposure to gold prices and Canadian mine costs, with both producing gold and developing further properties. Its Côté Gold and Westwood operations are the relevant comparison for Centerra’s Canadian production; Nelligan remains an exploration project.
Kinross Gold and Centerra both sell mined gold into the world bullion market, so gold prices affect both businesses. Kinross sends its unrefined gold-silver bars to refineries and sells the refined gold to banks and refiners, making its gold sales a comparison for Centerra’s Öksüt revenue.
Newmont and Centerra both produce gold and copper, so metal prices and mining-input costs affect both companies’ earnings. Watch Newmont’s energy, labor and equipment costs as a comparison for the mining and processing costs at Centerra’s Mount Milligan.
Agnico Eagle and Centerra both produce gold in Canada and earn revenue linked to market gold prices. Agnico Eagle traditionally sells all production at spot prices rather than selling future output forward, making its gold revenue a clear comparison for Centerra’s gold-price exposure.
The Gibraltar copper and molybdenum business supplied for Trekor Metals Limited overlaps Centerra’s Mount Milligan copper output and molybdenum operations, making those metal prices the shared exposure. The supplied filings name the operator as Taseko, so check that identity before using Gibraltar’s production as a comparison.
AngloGold Ashanti and Centerra both mine gold, send unrefined bars for refining and sell into bullion markets, sharing gold-price exposure. AngloGold sells refined gold directly to bullion banks, whereas Centerra’s Öksüt sales go through Türkiye’s market subject to the central bank’s first right to buy.
Coeur Mining and Centerra both earn money selling mined gold through refiners, bullion buyers and smelters, sharing gold-price exposure. Coeur’s long-term sales of Kensington gold concentrate to smelters offer a closer comparison for Centerra’s Mount Milligan concentrate business than its bullion sales do.
Pan American Silver shares Centerra’s gold-price exposure through its gold-producing properties, but silver is also a principal product. Read its gold business separately from silver when comparing results with Centerra’s gold and copper operations.
McEwen and Centerra both produce gold in North America and develop further gold and copper properties, sharing gold-price and regional mining-cost exposure. McEwen sends unrefined gold-silver bars to refiners and concentrates to smelters; its copper development projects should be distinguished from current gold production.
Triple Flag’s agreement to buy all payable silver from Centerra’s proposed Kemess mine depends on conditions including Centerra publicly deciding to build it. Watch that decision: it had not been announced, and the staged US$45 million deposit remained conditional, with ongoing silver purchases priced at 10% of the five-day average market price.
Newmont Corporation earningsNEM
Newmont's report will show whether energy, labor and equipment costs are squeezing mine margins, a reference point for the mining and processing costs at Centerra's Mount Milligan.
Watch Newmont's energy, labor and equipment costs, then compare that direction with mining and processing costs at Centerra's Mount Milligan. Higher costs at Newmont would point to more pressure from these inputs across mining and could also weigh on Centerra; stable or lower costs would suggest less outside pressure, but Centerra's own report must establish its costs. The takeaway is the direction of industry input pressure, not a substitute for Centerra's figures.
Eldorado Gold Corporation earningsEGO
Eldorado Gold's report will show the revenue from gold it refines in Türkiye and sells at spot prices, offering a comparison for Centerra's Öksüt business.
Read Eldorado Gold's gold sales and revenue from Türkiye alongside Centerra's Öksüt gold sales. If Eldorado's sales value strengthens with volume or realized prices, its locally refined, spot-priced route is bringing in more gold revenue and offers a helpful market comparison; if it weakens, shared gold exposure has not guaranteed stronger receipts. The mines and sales arrangements differ, so Centerra's own Öksüt figures settle its result.
Centerra Gold Inc. earningsThis company
Centerra's report will show how much cash its Mount Milligan and Öksüt gold and copper sales leave after mine costs.
Pair Mount Milligan's gold and copper sales volumes and realized prices with its production cost per ounce; also read Öksüt's gold sales and costs alongside operating cash flow and free cash flow. Higher sales and realized prices with controlled costs and stronger cash flow would show that more metal revenue is available to fund mines and projects. If sales weaken or costs rise faster than realized prices and cash flow falls, high metal prices are not translating into enough cash. The conclusion is whether sales turn into cash after mine costs.
Royal Gold Inc earningsRGLD
Royal Gold's report offers the buyer-side view of revenue tied to Mount Milligan's gold and copper, which Centerra delivers under the streaming agreement for agreed payments.
Watch Royal Gold's disclosures on revenue or metal deliveries tied to Mount Milligan, alongside Centerra's gold and copper output there and the agreement's payments for delivered metals. Stronger related revenue and deliveries would show metals continuing to flow to Royal Gold and agreed payments continuing to flow to Centerra; weaker figures could reflect lower deliveries or metal values and put that income under pressure. Royal Gold's revenue is not Centerra's total mine sales or profit, so the conclusion is limited to this streaming arrangement.
Industrial Production MoM (Oct)
Industrial production tracks output from factories, mines and utilities; stronger output may support steel and chemical customers’ demand for Centerra’s Langeloth molybdenum products, while weaker output may reduce sales.
Stronger factory, mine and utility output points to firmer potential demand for Langeloth’s molybdenum products from steel and chemical customers; weaker output points to softer potential demand and sales.
