Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited announced today third quarter earnings of $45.2 million, or $0.38 per share.

Earnings in the first nine months of 2006 were a record of $119.5 million, or $1.05 per share. This is more than four times the $25.3 million, or $0.29 per share, recorded in the same period last year.

Don’t you just love it when they report that total cash costs at La Ronde are minus $709 per ounce for gold! Well, we do.

26 October 2006