anglogold ashanti ltd on thursday reported a 20 rise in thirdquarter production boosted by higher grades across most assets and backed its fullyear guidance the miner produced 738000 ounces of gold in the quarter compared with 613000 ounces for the comparable period last year adjusted earnings before interest taxes depreciation and amortizationa metric that strips out exceptional and other oneoff itemsrose 5 from a year earlier to 472 million in the quarter the adjusted ebitda margin was 42 for the year as a whole the company expects to produce 255 million to 280 million ounces of gold most of which are expected from the obuasi mine it said total cash costs are still expected at 925 to 1015 an ounce while allin sustaining costs are expected to be 1295oz to 1425oz total cash costs in the third quarter were 966oz while aisc was 1284oz