11:58 AM EST - Rio Alto Mining Limited : announced that gold production for 2012 amounted to 201,113 ounces, near the mid-point of the Company's most recent gold production guidance of 190,000 to 210,000 ounces for the year. Production for the fourth quarter of the year was 40,049 ounces of gold. Rio Alto Mining Limited
shares T.RIO are trading unchanged at $5.21.