{"id":1171511,"date":"2020-03-13T13:00:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T19:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1017033"},"modified":"2020-03-13T13:00:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T19:00:03","slug":"ero-copper-stock-soars-on-record-production-earnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1171511","title":{"rendered":"Ero Copper stock soars on record production, earnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ero Copper (TSX: ERO) reported its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erocopper.com\/news\/2020\/ero-copper-reports-record-revenue-cash-flow-from-operations-and-net-income-resulting-in-record-earnings-per-share-of-1.01-in\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"highest ever annual copper production (opens in a new tab)\">highest ever annual copper production<\/a> of 42,318 tonnes for 2019 \u2013 a 39% year-on-year increase. Net income attributable to owners of the company reached $91.9 million or $1.01 per share, also a record high.<\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center d-xs-block d-sm-block d-md-none'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Owing to its strong year-end results, shares of the Vancouver-based copper producer skyrocketed by more than 20%. Market capitalization of the company now sits at approximately C$992.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the 2019 results, Ero Copper president and CEO David Strang sees a continuation of this year-on-year growth in production and profitability with the support of various exploration programs underway throughout the Cura\u00e7\u00e1 Valley operations in Bahia, Brazil. The company currently mines copper ore from the Pilar and Vermelhos underground mines.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to copper, the company also produces gold from the NX property in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Last year, the mine produced 30,434 ounces of gold at cash costs of $691 per ounce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Copper production reached 42,318 tonnes for 2019, a 39% year-on-year increase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[949,369,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1171511"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1171511"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1171511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1171517,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1171511\/revisions\/1171517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1171511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1171511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1171511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}