Zhitong Finance App News, China Gold (600489.SH) released its 2026 semi-annual report. During the reporting period, the company achieved operating income of 42,982 billion yuan, an increase of 22.57%; net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies was 4.357 billion yuan, up 61.67% year on year; net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies after deducting non-recurring profit and loss was 4.316 billion yuan, an increase of 45.97% year on year; basic earnings per share were 0.9 yuan.
In the first half of 2026, the company produced 9.14 tons of mineral gold and 384,000 tons of mine copper, which changed 0.07% and 0.74% respectively compared with the same period last year; the production of 16.39 tons of smelting gold and 1994,000 tons of electrolytic copper changed by -15.16% and -2.22% respectively compared with the same period last year. The year-on-year decline in the company's smelting gold and electrolytic copper production was mainly due to the impact of the systematic maintenance of the Central Plains smelter. The company's mineral gold sales volume was 8.51 tons and smelting gold sales were 16.17 tons. Compared with the same period last year, they changed -4.05% and -10.65% respectively; mine copper sales volume was 37,400 tons and electrolytic copper sales volume was 1971,000 tons, which changed -6.52% and 3.43%, respectively, compared with the same period last year.
In the first half of 2026, the company continued to step up prospecting and storage efforts, guide key mining enterprises to carry out storage expansion projects, and further strengthen engineering control in empty areas and deep areas. It achieved remarkable results in mine prospecting, edge exploration, and blank area prospecting, providing resource guarantees for the company to achieve high-quality development. During the reporting period, a total of 13.9.56 million yuan was invested in geological prospecting, 283,000 meters of drilling projects were completed, and a total of 14.38 tons of metal reserves were completed. Resource expansion continues to advance. In the first half of the year, 5 mining rights were changed and continued, covering an area of 3.50 square kilometers; 1 exploration and mining case, covering an area of 1.80 square kilometers; and 2 mining rights were obtained in the auction, adding an area of 9.55 square kilometers.