VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) _ Pretium Resources Inc. (PVG) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net income of $26.6 million.

On a per-share basis, the Vancouver, British Columbia-based company said it had profit of 14 cents.

The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 21 cents per share.

The gold mining company posted revenue of $142.4 million in the period.

Pretium Resources shares have decreased slightly more than 3% since the beginning of the year. The stock has climbed 31% in the last 12 months.

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