Hochschild Mining posts better than expected 2019 production

(Reuters) - Precious metals miner Hochschild Mining on Wednesday reported better-than-anticipated output in 2019, boosted by record production at its Inmaculada mine in southern Peru.Hochschild, which operates two mines in southern Peru and one in Argentina, said it expects to produce 422,000 gold equivalent ounces in 2020. In November it forecast 432,000 gold equivalent ounces.The company said the outlook figures varied because it used a different gold to silver price ratio in November..