text: Total cash costs for the year were US$767 per 
  ounce (US$620 per ounce exclusive of Thai 
  royalties). The average royalty paid to the Thai 
  Government was $US147 per ounce of gold. 
  Total production costs after depreciation and 
  amortisation were US$952 per ounce of gold 
  produced. 
  
  At year end, 9.7 million tonnes of ore was stock- 
  piled with an average contained gold grade of 
  0.57 g/t representing 178,086 ounces of gold. 
  
  Bowdens Silver Project 
  The Bowdens Project continued to advance 
  during the year with field programs supporting 
  the feasibility and environmental studies 
  ongoing. Sterilisation drilling and additional 
  metallurgical sampling were undertaken with 
  the resource evaluation drilling completed in 
  October 2012. 
  
  Challenger 
  The Challenger Mine produced 66,216 ounces of 
  gold for the year with an average milled grade of 
  3.91 g/t and a total cash cost of US$1,135/oz. 
  The grade was lower than expected due to a 
  shortfall in ore supply from the mine that was 
  supplemented by low grade ore from stockpiles. 
  Higher dilution in stopes at the base of the mine 