The Company is exposed to various market risks, including the effect of changes in metal prices, foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates, and uses derivatives to manage financial exposures that occur in the normal course of business. Derivative gains and losses are included in operating cash flows in the period in which they contractually settle. The Company does not hold or issue derivatives for trading or speculative purposes.

The Company may elect to designate certain derivatives as hedging instruments under U.S. GAAP. The Company formally documents all relationships between designated hedging instruments and hedged items as well as its risk management objectives and strategies for undertaking hedge transactions. This process includes linking all derivatives designated as hedges to either recognized assets or liabilities or forecasted transactions and assessing, both at inception and on an ongoing basis, the effectiveness of the hedging relationships.

To protect the Company’s exposure to fluctuations in metal prices, particularly during times of elevated capital expenditures, the Company has entered into forward contracts. The contracts were net settled monthly, and if the actual price of gold or silver at the time of expiration is lower than the fixed price or higher than the fixed price, it resulted in a realized gain or loss, respectively. The Company elected to designate these instruments as cash flow hedges of forecasted transactions at their inception. At June 30, 2024, the Company had no outstanding derivative cash flow hedge instruments.

The effective portions of cash flow hedges were recorded in Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (“AOCI”) until the hedged item was recognized in earnings. Deferred gains and losses associated with cash flow hedges of metal sales revenue were recognized as a component of Revenue in the same period as the related sale is recognized.

At inception, the Company performed an assessment of the forecasted transactions and the hedging instruments and determined that the hedging relationships are considered perfectly effective. Future assessments are performed to verify that critical terms of the hedging instruments and the forecasted transactions continue to match, and the forecasted transactions remain probable, as well as an assessment of any adverse developments regarding the risk of the counterparties defaulting on their commitments. There were no such changes in critical terms or adverse developments.

The following summarizes the classification of the fair value of the derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges:

June 30, 2024

In thousands

Prepaid expenses and other

Other assets

Accrued liabilities and other

Gold forwards

—

Silver forwards

—


	December 31, 2023
In thousands	Prepaid expenses and other		Other assets		Accrued liabilities and other
Gold forwards	$	—	$	—	$	1,981
Silver forwards	$	3,312	$	—	$	—

The following table sets forth the after-tax gains (losses) on derivatives designated as cash flow hedges that have been included in AOCI and the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2024		2023		2024		2023
Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in AOCI
Gold forwards	$	(3,893)	$	7,303	$	(10,886)	$	(8,053)
Silver forwards	(6,988)		5,539		(7,621)		7,967


	$	(10,881)	$	12,842	$	(18,507)	$	(86)

Amount of (Gain) Loss Reclassified from AOCI to Earnings
Gold forwards	$	11,887	$	1,369	$	12,867	$	(892)
Silver forwards	5,141		(145)		4,309		(2,018)


	$	17,028	$	1,224	$	17,176	$	(2,910)

The Company enters into sales contracts with third-party smelters, refiners and off-take customers which, in some cases, provide for a provisional payment based upon preliminary assays and quoted metal prices. The provisionally priced sales contracts contain an embedded derivative that is required to be separated from the host contract for accounting purposes. The host contract is the receivable recorded at the forward price at the time of sale. The embedded derivatives do not qualify for hedge accounting and are marked to market through earnings each period until final settlement.


In thousands except average prices and notional ounces	2024		2025 and Thereafter
Provisional gold sales contracts	$	28,891	$	—
Average gold price per ounce	$	2,346	$	—
Notional ounces	12,313		—


	June 30, 2024
In thousands	Prepaid expenses and other		Accrued liabilities and other
Provisional metal sales contracts	$	41	$	231


	December 31, 2023
In thousands	Prepaid expenses and other		Accrued liabilities and other
Provisional metal sales contracts	$	318	$	—

The following represent mark-to-market gains (losses) on derivative instruments in the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively (in thousands):


		Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
Financial statement line	Derivative	2024		2023		2024		2023
Revenue	Provisional metal sales contracts	$	(998)	$	(71)	$	(508)	$	(319)