TORONTO (AP) _ Barrick Gold Corp. (GOLD) on Thursday reported third-quarter net income of $347 million.

The Toronto-based company said it had net income of 20 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 24 cents per share.

The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 23 cents per share.

The gold and copper mining company posted revenue of $2.83 billion in the period.

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