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Petropavlovsk - Conservative productions forecasts could be beaten

April 2011

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  • Epic Code:
  • POG
  • Price:
  • 1004p
Prospects could be improving for Russian gold miner Petropavlovsk, whose trading update noted a 4% increase in production to 506,800 oz for the year, while Q4 produced 202,000 oz, 51% higher than the same period a year ago. Its Pioneer mine increased production 21% to 98,500 oz, while the original one at Pokrovskiy increased output 33% to 54,600 oz. Following commissioning last August the third mine at Malomir produced 33,000 oz. After being chastened by their failure to reach earlier production targets, management have issued a far more conservative forecast for 2011 of 600,000 oz but they noted that this doesn't take into account either expansion of the Malomir plant (the second milling facility is on schedule for commiss ...

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