The Bull Case For B2Gold (TSX:BTO) Could Change Following Goose Mine Production Guidance Cut

Simply Wall St · 2d ago
  • In late November 2025, B2Gold cut its 2025 gold production guidance for the Goose Mine to 50,000–80,000 ounces after encountering operational delays, while keeping guidance for its other mines unchanged.
  • This shift places greater emphasis on how effectively B2Gold can manage project execution risk at Goose without disrupting its broader production plans.
  • We’ll now examine how the Goose Mine’s reduced 2025 output expectations may alter B2Gold’s broader investment narrative and risk profile.

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B2Gold Investment Narrative Recap

To own B2Gold, you need to believe the company can translate its multi mine footprint and new projects into steady cash flow without letting cost or execution issues dominate the story. The Goose Mine guidance cut narrows the near term production catalyst but does not appear to derail the broader growth case, while putting a brighter spotlight on project execution risk and how effectively management can contain costs and schedule slippage.

Against this backdrop, the ongoing dividend at US$0.02 per quarter stands out as a key signal of how management is balancing Goose related spending with direct cash returns to shareholders. For investors, that dividend track record now sits alongside the Goose Mine’s reduced 2025 outlook as a test of whether B2Gold can keep funding growth while preserving financial flexibility and avoiding the kind of cost overruns that would weaken the investment case.

Yet investors should also be aware that operational and climate driven risks around Goose mean the current production setback might not be the last...

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B2Gold's narrative projects $3.7 billion revenue and $1.8 billion earnings by 2028. This requires 19.2% yearly revenue growth and an earnings increase of about $2.2 billion from -$433.6 million today.

Uncover how B2Gold's forecasts yield a CA$8.60 fair value, a 36% upside to its current price.

Exploring Other Perspectives

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Fourteen members of the Simply Wall St Community place B2Gold’s fair value anywhere between CA$4.58 and CA$44.44, showing how far opinions can stretch. When you set those views against the recent Goose Mine guidance cut and its execution risk, it becomes even more important to weigh several perspectives before deciding how B2Gold might fit into your portfolio.

Explore 14 other fair value estimates on B2Gold - why the stock might be worth 28% less than the current price!

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