RIO: La Arena Updates

CHRISTOS DOULIS, Stonecap Securities (02/10/2011)
"Rio Alto announced today that it has exercised its option to acquire 100% of the La Arena project by payment of US$49M in cash to IAMGOLD Corp. The company also provided a brief update indicating that construction activities at La Arena are nearing completion with mining equipment arriving on site, plant commissioning scheduled for March and initial gold production scheduled for early Q211.

By acquiring 100% of La Arena, Rio Alto is free to allocate the cash generated by La Arena to whatever activities it desires. We anticipate that the company will begin to undertake regional exploration once La Arena begins producing gold in Q211.

We are maintaining our OUTPERFORM rating and our target price of $2.90."

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