May 6 (Reuters) - Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd KL.TO :
* KIRKLAND LAKE GOLD REPORTS STRONG FINANCIAL AND OPERATING RESULTS IN Q1 2020
* KIRKLAND LAKE GOLD - REVISED GUIDANCE TO BE ISSUED AS DETOUR LAKE AND MACASSA MAKE PROGRESS TOWARDS RETURNING TO MORE PREDICTABLE LEVELS OF PRODUCTION
* HOLT COMPLEX GUIDANCE DISCONTINUED
* WITHDRAWS THREE-YEAR PRODUCTION GUIDANCE
* QTRLY NET EARNINGS OF $202.9 MILLION ($0.79 PER SHARE)
* QTRLY ADJUSTED NET EARNINGS TOTALLED $179.2 MILLION ($0.70 PER SHARE)
* QTRLY REVENUE TOTALLED $554.7 MILLION, 82% INCREASE FROM $304.9 MILLION IN Q1 2019
* Q1 EARNINGS PER SHARE VIEW $0.74 -- REFINITIV IBES DATA
* QTRLY PRODUCTION OF 330,864 OUNCES, 43% INCREASE
* QTRLY AISC PER OUNCE SOLD OF $776 VERSUS $560 IN Q1 2019
* BEGINNING TO RECALL EMPLOYEES WHO WERE OFF WORK AS PART OF COVID-19 PROTOCOLS.
* EXPECTS RAMP UP OF BUSINESS ACTIVITIES TO BE GRADUAL
* DOES NOT ANTICIPATE ACHIEVING FULL PRODUCTION LEVELS DURING Q2 OF 2020
* NOT POSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE EXTENT TO WHICH COVID-19 PANDEMIC WILL IMPACT COMPANY'S BUSINESS PERFORMANCE IN 2020.
* ANTICIPATES SEEING SOME IMPACT ON PRODUCTION AND COSTS DURING MOST OF YEAR.