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Avocet Mining - Moving to the Full List

December 2011

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  • Epic Code:
  • AVM
  • Price:
  • 233p
Q3 results from West African gold miner Avocet unveiled EBITDA of US$15m compared with US$16.6m in Q2. Production at its Inata mine was 33,256 oz at a cash cost of US$830 / oz compared with 39,423 at US$677 / oz in Q2. The decline has been blamed on a technical problem, the SAG mill drive motor failed in July, as well as lower recovery rates due to a greater proportion of ore being mined at deeper levels. However, by the end of the quarter production had switched to the main Inata Central pit with recovery rates now expected to improve.    ...

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