hummingbird resources said thursday that its yanfolila gold mine in liberia is on track to meet 2023 guidance while the kouroussa gold mine in guinea is now in production and expected to meet nameplate production in the second half the africafocused gold miner reported strong firstquarter results for yanfolila with 27262 ounces of gold produced at an allin sustaining cost of 1109 an ounce compared with 15548 ounces at 2235 an ounce at the same time a year prior yanfolila is on track to meet fullyear guidance of 8000090000 ounces at an allin sustaining cost of less than 1500 an ounce the company said following first gold pour at kouroussa in early june the mine is expected to more than double the companys annualized production profile to more than 200000 ounces once achieving nameplate production in the second half it said hummingbirds firstquarter earnings before interest taxes depreciation and amortization improved to 175 million in the first quarter from 11 million in the last quarter of 2022 the company also said that in 2022 a total of 80653 ounces of gold were poured down from 87558 ounces in 2021 sales also slipped to 1233 million from 1566 million shares at 0831 gmt were up 05 pence or 37 at 140 pence