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Peter Hambro Mining

June 2005

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  • Epic Code:
  • POG
  • Price:
  • 530p
Peter Hambro released results which were slightly below expectations for the year ending 31 December 2004, with pretax profit increasing only 50% to US$24.3m for earnings up 22% to 22 cents, compared to Numis' forecasts of US$27m and 35 cents respectively. The company posted an increase in attributable gold production of 40% to 209,000 ounces, a result which was heavily reliant on its main mine at Pokrovskiy, which produced a 27% increase in production to 154,000 ounces. This was facilitated by last October's investment in a new milling circuit, which enlarged throughput capacity by 50% to 1.5m tonnes p.a. as well as new equipment and technology. This year will see a further 50% expansion in production capacity to 2.2m t ...

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