VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) _ Equinox Gold Corp. (EQX) on Wednesday reported a second-quarter loss of $78.7 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.

On a per-share basis, the Vancouver, British Columbia-based company said it had a loss of 26 cents. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 16 cents per share.

The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 1 cent per share.

The gold miner posted revenue of $224.6 million in the period.

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