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TORONTO, May 13 (Reuters) - Iamgold (IMG.TO) said on Tuesday its first-quarter profit jumped 205 percent, boosted by soaring gold prices.
The mid-tier Canadian gold producer earned $34.4 million, or 12 Cents a share, in the three months ended March 31. This was up from $11.3 million, or 4 cents a share, in the same period a year earlier.
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(Reporting by Renato Andrade; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
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