VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — B2Gold Corp. (BTG) on Thursday reported a second-quarter loss of $24 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.

On a per-share basis, the Vancouver, British Columbia-based company said it had a loss of 2 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 6 cents per share.

The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 8 cents per share.

The gold, silver and copper miner posted revenue of $492.6 million in the period.

In the final minutes of trading on Thursday, the company's shares hit $2.76. A year ago, they were trading at $3.12.

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