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Peter Hambro Mining - Share price mirrors gold volatility

September 2006

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  • Epic Code:
  • POG
  • Price:
  • 1300p
Shares in Peter Hambro Mining have been difficult to call recently, largely because they have slavishly followed the highly volatile gold price, which has oscillated violently between a high of US$720 per ounce before dropping like a stone to US$560. But the good news is that it has stabilised at over US$630 per ounce, a level few would have dared predict even two years ago. This leaves Hambro in confident form and its half yearly trading statement was in line with expectations with total attributable production rising 6% to 108,363 ounces, while the group remains on track to achieve its production target of 250,000 ounces for the full year. The biggest driver was its Pokrovskiy mine, which increased production by 11% to 84,600 ...

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