TORONTO (AP) — TORONTO (AP) — Barrick Gold Corp. (GOLD) on Wednesday reported first-quarter earnings of $295 million.

The Toronto-based company said it had net income of 17 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 19 cents per share.

The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 16 cents per share.

The gold and copper mining company posted revenue of $2.75 billion in the period.

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