Celtic Resources slides into FY loss as higher fuel, labour, power costs hit
LONDON (AFX) - Celtic Resources Holdings PLC slid into a pretax loss of 263,000 usd in the year to Dec 31 2005 from a profit of 5.67 mln usd in the prior year after the impact of higher fuel, labour, power and mill reagent costs and an extended plant commissioning period pushed operating costs up by 39.6 pct.
Group gold production in 2005 was 37,991 ounces compared to 31,809 ounces in 2004, an increase of 14.9 pct.
Managing director Kevin Foo said the company has a strong base from which to expand its business, both in Kazakhstan and in neighbouring FSU countries.
"The company now has growing gold production, second to none experience in the area and significant cash resources to meet our objectives." newsdesk@afxnews.com slm
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