Centamin’s post-tax profits rise 13% to US$173mln
Centamin has been an established producer of gold in Egypt for some years now
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Centamin PLC's flagship asset is the Sukari Gold Mine, Egypt's largest and first modern gold mine, as well as one of the world's largest producing mines. Since production began in 2009, Sukari has produced over 5 million ounces of gold, and today has a projected mine life of 14 years. Through its large portfolio of exploration assets in Egypt and West Africa, Centamin is advancing an active pipeline of future growth prospects, including the Doropo project in Côte d'Ivoire, and over 3,000km 2 of highly prospective exploration ground in Egypt's Arabian Nubian Shield.
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Centamin has been an established producer of gold in Egypt for some years now
Centamin will defer some capex projects until the coronavirus crisis is over
Centamin is Egypt's largest gold miner, with a strong track record of production
Gold production for 2019 was 480,529 ounces, a 2% improvement year-on-year, while estimates for the coming year are between 510,000-540,000 ounces
Analysts at RBC said: "We hope that a fresh perspective could help encourage CEY’s board to engage with Endeavour around the recent potential for an all-share offer"
The Egypt-focused gold miner said it believed the £1.44bn merger is “skewed in favour of Endeavour’s shareholders and fundamentally undervalues Centamin”
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The Egyptian gold miner said “strong” free cash generation will be driven by improved gold sales and reduced costs
The gold miner warned that production for the first nine months of 2019 is lower than expected at 331-332,000 ounces
"The outlook for the business continues to improve,” said chief executive Andrew Pardey.
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The UK's blue-chip benchmark added over 23 points to close at 7,184
Management promises to publish a three-year outlook next quarter
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After hitting a six-month high on Tuesday afternoon, London's blue-chips took a step back on Wednesday
Footsie closed down around 32 points at 7,151, while the FTSE 250 added 23 at 19,270
Grades dropped from both the underground and open pit mining operations