Kinross lifts Q1 earnings as metal prices rise

Multinational miner Kinross Gold has posted slightly better first-quarter headline earnings as metals prices improved in the period ended March. Adjusted net earnings attributable to common shareholders were $23.4-million, or $0.02 a share, compared with $21.2-million, or $0.02 a share, for the same period in 2016, comfortably beating market forecasts expecting a loss of $0.03 a share.