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Swiss gold exports down 9% on month to 149 metric tonnes in September. ...

Section: Daily Dispatches

... but up 4 percent for the year to date.

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By George King Cassell
Platts, London
Friday, October 21, 2016

Gold exports from Switzerland totaled 149 mt in September, down 9 percent from 163 metric tonnes in August, Swiss federal customs data showed Tuesday.

The figure is 5 percent higher than 141 metric tonnes reported a year earlier but is the weakest monthly outflow since March.

Switzerland is the world's largest refiner and exporter of gold and total exports from the country now stand at 1,349 metric tonnes for the year to date, up 4 percent from 1,302 metric tonnes in the same period of 2015.

... For the remainder of the report:

http://www.platts.com/latest-news/metals/london/swiss-gold-exports-down-...



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Company Announcement
Wednesday, October 5, 2016

K92 Mining Inc. is pleased to announce that gold production has commenced from the Irumafimpa gold deposit.

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