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Andean Precious Metals Posts Q2 Loss After Holding Back Half Its Output
['Jay Lutz']
the deep dive
Andean Precious Metals (TSX: APM) swung to a second quarter net loss of $14.0 million, or $0.09 a share, from net income of $17.4 million a year earlier, after the company chose to sit on roughly half of what it produced rather than sell it.
Revenue slipped to $67.6 million from $73.7 million, and adjusted EBITDA fell to $15.7 million from $28.9 million.
Andean booked $163.1 million of revenue and $48.2 million of net income in the three months to March.
Andean sold 12,314 gold equivalent ounces in the quarter, about 49% of production, deferring the rest for what it called strategic treasury management.
The loss also reflected a decline in the fair value of marketable securities, a $3.7 million foreign exchange loss and $9.6 million in income taxes.