Shares in the firm jumped 97½p to 622½p after Qatar Holdings agreed to provide a seven-year loan to the miner for its first investment in gold.
The proceeds will fully finance the development of the Skouries and Olympias gold projects in Greece and the Certej project in Romania, which the company hopes will transform it into a mid-tier gold producer with output of around 400,000 ounces a year by 2014.
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