Eldorado Gold Corporation reported preliminary operational results for the fourth quarter and full year 2017. For the quarter, the company reported gold production of 84,063 oz.

For the full year, the company reported gold production of 292,980 oz.

The company expects to be able to deliver guidance for the full year 2018 at the end of the first quarter when a sufficient amount of metallurgical testwork is completed and the technical study is complete. Full year gold production of 160,000-190,000 ounces is expected from Olympias Phase II, Efemcukuru, and pre-commercial production at Lamaque, in addition to base metal sales and by-product credits from Stratoni and Olympias Phase II production respectively. Excluding Kisladag, planned expenditures for mining development are expected to total $191 million, with the bulk of this anticipated to be spent in the development of the recently acquired Lamaque development project in Quebec. Exploration expenditures in 2018 are budgeted at $25 million (40% expensed and 60% capitalized), with a balanced focus on resource delineation and brownfield drilling at existing operations, and project generation within company's regions of operation.