evolution mining ltd said it expects fiscalyear gold output to be lower than previously anticipated and costs to be higher after mining at the ernest henry underground copperandgold mine in australias queensland state was suspended due to heavy rain the gold producer said it expects to produce roughly 660000 troy ounces of gold in the year through june at a socalled allin sustaining cost or asic of around 1390 australian dollars us924 an ounce it had previously projected annual gold output of roughly 720000 ounces at a cost of around a1240 an ounce evolution also cut its fiscalyear copper output estimate to about 48000 metric tons from 55000 tons previously evolution suspended production at the ernest henry mine last month and said it would take roughly six weeks to restart mining activities that recovery plan is on track evolution said on tuesday prior to the weather event at ernest henry evolution was tracking to the lower end of group production guidance and below the group aisc guidance evolution said copper production was tracking above the guidance of 55000 tons by approximately 2000 tons the miner said it now expects its sustaining capital spend to be at or below the lower end of guidance of a190 million to a240 million while major capital spending is likely to be at the bottom end of the guidance range of a530 million to a600 million