Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
(Operator Instructions). Our first question comes from [John Finnegan with Fundamental Equities]. Please go ahead.
John Finnegan - Fundamental Equities
Mr. Boyd, earlier you were having some problems in Finland with the buildup towards production. Could you give us an update on where you stand on that?
Sean Boyd
Well the issue you’re referring to is in the processing facility and it was an issue with recoveries. When we talked about this in the last quarter, our recoveries were in the range of about 30%. Our recoveries in June were more than double that earlier rate. They’re now about 65%. We see continued improvements ahead of us, but I’ll turn it over to our technical team and they can give you and the people on the line an update of where we are --
Jean Robitaille
Okay, in quarter two, we updated the curve as Sean mentioned. Presently we expect to have for the next coming two months as a kind of stability at around 65% recovery with the profile of gold. We are doing some minor modification and it’s a delivery on some equipment.
As mentioned recently, the sump pump we have to change. Presently it’s follow exactly the pattern that we had last during the test work and pre-feasibility and the feasibility study. So presently we are quite happy. We just try to oxidize the ore gentle and that was quite successful. So it’s just limitation that we have presently that we will fix and it’s not costly what we have to do.
John Finnegan - Fundamental Equities
Will the eventual production cost be above what you expected when you started the project?
Sean Boyd
Yes, we do. We have about another 700 tons per day to ramp up. We are currently at 22 to 2,300 tons average, and once we do get to our design rate of 3,000 tons per day, well the unit cost on a per ton basis and on a per ounce basis will decline.
John Finnegan - Fundamental Equities
Thank you.
Operator
Our next question comes from John Bridges with JPMorgan. Please go ahead.
John Bridges - JPMorgan
Good morning, Sean and everybody. Congratulations on the results. You must be really beavering away with all these projects. Just on LaRonde, that’s a sizable increase in the cost per ton we’ve seen over the last 12 months, and given this repeated deflation that we’re seeing in some areas, any chance of that coming back going in the next 12 months?
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