Pan African Resources PLC (AIM:PAF, OTCQX:PAFRY, JSE:PAN, OTCQX:PAFRF)'s (Pan African Resources PLC (AIM:PAF, OTCQX:PAFRY, JSE:PAN, OTCQX:PAFRF), Pan African Resources PLC (AIM:PAF, OTCQX:PAFRY, JSE:PAN, OTCQX:PAFRF), Pan African Resources PLC (AIM:PAF, OTCQX:PAFRY, JSE:PAN, OTCQX:PAFRF), Pan African Resources PLC (AIM:PAF, OTCQX:PAFRY, JSE:PAN, OTCQX:PAFRF)) Cobus Loots talks to Proactive London's Katie Pilbeam after reporting higher interim pretax profit helped by record gold production.
Pretax profit for the six months to end December 2001 climbed to US$61.6mln (£45.4mln) from US$60.0mln in the year-earlier period, while revenue rose 5.3% to US$193.6mln as higher gold sales outweighed a decline in the price it received for its gold.