Rio Alto Announces Omission in MD&A
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/28/13 -- Rio Alto Mining Limited (the "Company") (TSX: RIO)(LMA: RIO)(NYSE: RIOM)(DBFrankfurt: MS2) Earlier today the Company filed its Management Discussion and Analysis for the Year Ended December 31, 2012 (the "MD&A"). Included on page 6 of the MD&A is a table outlining estimated 2013 cash production cost, as that term is described in the MD&A, totaling $93.334 million or approximately $465 per ounce. The Company points out that there was a line item missing in such table. The omitted line item was for estimated processing costs of about $15.339 million or approximately $77 per ounce, which would bring the Company's expected cash production cost for 2013 to about $108.673 million or $543 per ounce and would increase total production costs, as described in the MD&A, in the following table on page 6 to $247,284 or $1,236 per ounce an increase from $231,945 and $1,158 per ounce, respectively.
Forward Looking Statements
This news release contains certain forward-looking information including statements concerning the Company's expected cash production cost for 2013. All statements included herein, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking information and such information involves various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. A description of assumptions used to develop such forward-looking information and a description of risk factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking information can be found in Rio Alto's disclosure documents on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com. Rio Alto does not undertake to update any forward-looking information except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
To learn more about Rio Alto Mining Limited, please visit: www.rioaltomining.com or Rio Alto's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF
RIO ALTO MINING LIMITED
Anthony Hawkshaw, CFO & Director
Contacts:
Rio Alto Mining Limited
Anthony Hawkshaw
CFO & Director
+1 416 626 1401 or +511 625 9900
tonyh@rioaltomining.com
Rio Alto Mining Limited
Alejandra Gomez
Investor Relations
604.628.1401 or 866.393.4493
alejandrag@rioaltomining.com
www.rioaltomining.com
