Feb 16th, 2004, 12:16 | #1 |
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昨天公布了利好消息,明天估计会突破4元大关。中午在3。82元跟进了一些。 TORONTO, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Wheaton River Minerals Ltd.'s <WRM.TO> shares rose 6 percent on Monday after the junior gold and silver miner said its production increased more than 300 percent in 2003. Shares of Vancouver, British Columbia-based Wheaton rose as high as C$3.95 before retreating to C$3.83 early on Monday afternoon on the Toronto Stock Exchange, for a gain of 10 Canadian cents, or 2.7 percent. A series of acquisitions helped boost Wheaton's production 325 percent to 450,000 gold equivalent ounces in 2003, compared with 106,000 gold equivalent ounces in 2002. As well, the miner cut its cash cost by 66 percent to $62 an ounce from $182 an ounce in 2002. Gold equivalent production includes Wheaton's silver output, which is "converted" to gold output by using a ratio of the two precious metals' prices. Wheaton said its reserves increased six-fold to 5.3 million gold equivalent ounces and its resources more than doubled. "Present mine development activities in Brazil and Mexico will allow Wheaton to double production again by 2006," Ian Telfer, Wheaton's chief executive, said in a statement. For 2004, Wheaton expects to produce about 540,000 gold equivalent ounces at a cash cost of less than $50 an ounce. "The guidance for 2004 is generally positive," said David Stein, an analyst with Sprott Securities Ltd. "The increase they are talking about is due to the acquisitions they made over the year. They are not exactly comparable to what they were a year ago." Sprott has an investment banking relationship with the miner. |
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