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Shares plunged after miner revealed that output fell almost across the board in the April – June period.

Trevali stock is up 44% in two weeks as Canadian mine enters commercial production and record output at flagship Peru operation is topped by high-grade find.

Since it was formed in 2007, B2Gold has built two new gold mines and bought two others.

Speaking at a regular briefing, Bristow said that, as anticipated, the complexity of dealing with multiple ore types from different sources had affected throughput, recovery and grade in the first half of the year.

Overall, Canadian deal-making in the first half of the year fell in line with the global cooling down trend that has followed the record valuations of 2015.

Recovering commodity prices and investors' veto on deals have frustrated Davis and his team in their search for mining and metals bargains.

According to a UN report, since 2000 two-thirds of South Africa's gold exports – mostly to India – did not appear on its trade partners' books.

Our research continues to argue that the current, record rebound in gold stocks will continue.

These five junior mining stocks are 10 baggers, through just the first half of the year.