Buenaventura +6.5% on strong Q4 production

• Buenaventura (BVN +6.5%) is surging after reporting Q4 adjusted EBITDA of $167M and saying strong gold production at its Yanacocha mine helped results reach the high end of its production guidance.
• The Peruvian gold miner says it produced 245K gold oz. and 5.5M silver oz. during Q4, vs. 184K gold oz. and 4.8M silver oz. in the year-ago quarter; but full-year output was mixed, with gold production of 846K oz. coming in below the prior year's 895K oz., and silver up at 19.7M oz. vs. 18.9M oz. in 2013.
• Q4 net sales of $254M were 12% lower than the prior year's $287M, as the average realized prices for gold, silver and copper fell a respective 6%, 24% and 8% Y/Y; Q4 sales volumes rose 33%, 28% and 25% for gold, silver and copper.