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Petropavlovsk - Bad news mostly out of way

December 2010

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  • Epic Code:
  • POG
  • Price:
  • 1062p
Our decision not to immediately buy-rate last month's front-page write-up, Petropavlovsk, was the right one with the shares initially falling from 1032p to 904p on news of further teething problems affecting Q3 and Q4 gold production. But the update on 3 November also noted a more positive outlook for 2011. The key points in the update covering the three months to 30 September were that production was 138,300 oz, up 37% over Q2 and 12% over Q3 2009. This takes the total for the first nine months to 304,600 oz. Cash costs in Q3 were in line with expectations while average prices achieved were US$1,190. The group now expects production for the year to be 510,000-530,000 oz down from earlier estimates of 680,000 oz. The origin ...

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