Alacer looks for cost cuts of $60m as gold price slides ALACER Gold said it would aim to cut costs by about $60 million over the remainder of the year to help boost margins after a slide in gold prices. Alacer reaffirmed its 2013 production guidance of 330,000-365,000 troy ounces, but said it would cut back exploration spending and begin targeting higher-grade material at its Copler mine in Turkey and the Trident deposit in Western Australia.