Rio Alto Reports Earnings of $0.19 Per Share for Q1 2012
(firmenpresse) - VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/14/12 -- Rio Alto Mining Limited ("Rio Alto") (TSX: RIO)(OTCQX: RIOAF)(LMA: RIO)(DBFrankfurt: MS2) is pleased to announce that its net income was $33.2 million or $0.19 per share for its first three months of commercial production.
Financial Highlights for the three months ended March 31, 2012 were:
Cash Cost and Total Cost per Ounce of Gold Sold:
The mine site cash cost for the 58,918 ounces of gold sold was $428 per ounce. Total, after tax and overhead, cash cost per ounce of gold sold was $909 per ounce. The determination of mine site cash and total cost per ounce is illustrated in the table below:
At this time management expects that the La Arena Gold Mine will produce 150,000 to 160,000 ounces of gold for the year ended December 31, 2012. Production guidance will be updated after the second quarter of commercial production.
With a proven technical team, strong operating and financial performance and high quality development and exploration projects, Rio Alto is positioned to grow into an intermediate gold producer from existing projects. Based on current plans and assumptions the Company projects gold oxide production of over 200,000 ounces per year by 2014. All planned development, exploration and capital expenditures for 2012 will be completed without external funding and the Company should end the year in a stronger financial position. Rio Alto plans to pursue accretive acquisitions and carry out our planned exploration programs.
Forward Looking Statements
This news release contains certain forward-looking information including statements concerning expected gold production. All statements included herein, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking information and such information involves various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. A description of assumptions used to develop such forward-looking information and a description of risk factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking information can be found in Rio Alto's disclosure documents on the SEDAR website at . Rio Alto does not undertake to update any forward-looking information except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
To learn more about Rio Alto Mining Limited, please visit: or Rio Alto's SEDAR profile at .
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF RIO ALTO MINING LIMITED
Anthony Hawkshaw, Director & CFO
Contacts:
Rio Alto Mining Limited
Anthony Hawkshaw
Director & CFO
+1 778 389 5907 or +511 625 9900
Rio Alto Mining Limited
Alejandra Gomez
Investor Relations
604.628.1401
866.393.4493 (FAX)
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