FTSE 250 chokes on the FTSE 100's dust in 2016
The FTSE 250 rose in 2016, but you would've been better off backing the FTSE 100 - or Leicester City.
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Hochschild Mining PLC is a leading precious metals company listed on the London Stock Exchange (HOCM.L / HOC LN) and crosstrades on the OTCQX Best Market in the U.S. (HCHDF), with a primary focus on the exploration, mining, processing and sale of silver and gold. Hochschild has over fifty years' experience in the mining of precious metal epithermal vein deposits and currently operates three underground epithermal vein mines, two located in southern Peru and one in southern Argentina. Hochschild also owns the Mara Rosa Advanced Project in Brazil as well as numerous long-term projects throughout the Americas.
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The FTSE 250 rose in 2016, but you would've been better off backing the FTSE 100 - or Leicester City.
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