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Peter Hambro Mining - Canaccord ups price target to 1050p

November 2005

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  • Epic Code:
  • POG
  • Price:
  • 833p
The surge in the gold price to over US$460 per ounce was the main catalyst driving shares in gold producer Peter Hambro Mining to a new high of 818p. Its interim results did no harm either, with Hambro showing an 83% increase in pretax profit to US$8.1m, while earnings rose 61% to 8 cents. As telegraphed in its trading statement, attributable gold production rose 37% to 102,178 ounces, which was on budget and on schedule. Hambro is now scaling up capacity at the Pokrovskiy plant towards its target 2.2 million tonnes of ore a year, which should be completed by the third quarter of 2006. By the end of 2006 Pokrovskiy should be producing 217,000 ounces gold, which would take the group total to 300,000 ounces, while Hambro has confirmed it i ...

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