Alacer profit jumps on higher revenue, lower forex losses

Turkey-focused Alacer Gold has reported attributable net profit of $4.8-million in the second quarter, which was a substantial improvement of $24.9-million on that of the same period last year, mainly owing to higher revenue and lower foreign exchange losses.

The lira weakened by 2.3% in the quarter under review, compared with 15.5% in the second quarter of last year.