Despite Otjikoto slope failure, B2Gold gold output on course for another record year

Canadian gold producer B2Gold has exceeded its first-quarter production guidance by 8 966 oz of gold, for company-wide output of 127 844 oz of the yellow metal, an increase of 10% over the same period in 2015. Despite a slope failure on the pit access ramp at the Otjikoto mine, in Namibia, on Tuesday, B2Gold did not expect the operation's full-year guidance to be affected.