Randgold Full-Year Profit Jumps 79%

Airtime: Mon. Feb. 8 2010 | 3:20 AM ET
West African-focused miner Randgold Resources reported a 79% jump in full-year profit, benefiting from high gold prices and record production. It plans to raise its full-year dividend by 30%. “It was a great year,” CEO Mark Bristow said Monday. “We strengthened our balance sheet through last year.”