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Peter Hambro Mining - Operating margins rise sharply

June 2008

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With gold prices remaining at extremely high levels, Russian gold producer Peter Hambro Mining (PHM) has once again achieved super results and it's becoming a mystery that the shares still remain in the doldrums. For the year ended 31 December, the company reported a 22% rise in pretax profit to US$55.2m, stripping out a US$12m non-cash loss relating to a change in the value of its convertible bond. Turnover rose 44% to USÂ£226.4m, while eps rose 20% to 47 cents. Net debt was US$145m, leaving interest cover at a comfortable ten times. The strong performance came about partly thanks to average gold prices increasing 14% to US$668 / oz but also through a 14% increase in production to 297,000 oz, ahead of the company's original forec ...

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Peter Hambro Mining - Operating margins rise sharply

June 2008

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