TORONTO (AP) _ Alamos Gold Inc. (AGI) on Wednesday reported first-quarter net income of $51.2 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.

On a per-share basis, the Toronto-based company said it had net income of 13 cents.

The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 12 cents per share.

The gold mining company posted revenue of $227.4 million in the period.

Alamos Gold shares have declined almost 5% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Wednesday, shares hit $8.35, a rise of 2% in the last 12 months.

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