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Benguet Corporation was organized in 1903 to engage in gold mining. The Company expanded first into chromite production in 1934 and then into copper production in 1971. The Company's gold mining operations are conducted in the Philippines in Benguet Province and the chromite mining operation in Masinloc, Zambales Province. While mining and mineral exploration is its core business, the Company also is involved in water resource projects, real estate development, eco-tourism, forest management, trucking and warehousing, construction and engineering services, steel casting and trading.

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Financial Summary

Benguet Corporation is engaged in chromite and copper mining operations conducted in the Masinloc and in the San Marcelino Provinces. For nine months ended 9/30/00, revenues fell 4% to PP211M. Net loss fell 8% to PP257.3 million. Revenues reflect decreased shipment volume. Lower loss reflects improved profitability for the Masinloc Chromite operations and a significant decrease in the Company fixed expenses.

Recent Earnings Announcement
For the 3 months ended 09/30/2000, revenues were 74; after tax earnings were -136. (Preliminary; reported in millions of Philippine Pesos.)

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Officers

	Position
Benjamin Romualdez	Chairman, Pres and CEO

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Statistics at a Glance -- OTC BB:BENGB.OB

As of 31-Aug-2001

Price and Volume
52-Week Low on 8-Aug-2001	$`0.03`
Recent Price	$`0.044`
52-Week High on 23-May-2001	$`0.16`
Beta	`-0.53`
Daily Volume (3-month avg)	`47.0K`
Daily Volume (10-day avg)	`26.0K`
Stock Performance
big chart [1d \| 5d \| 3m \| 6m \| 1y \| 2y]
52-Week Change	`-43.6%`
52-Week Change relative to S&P500	`-24.3%`
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization	$`5.03M`
Shares Outstanding	`114.2M`
Float	`81.6M`
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend	none
Last Split: 5 for 4 on 20-July-1990

Per-Share Data
Book Value	N/A
Earnings (ttm)	-$`0.07`
Earnings (mrq)	-$`0.02`
Sales	N/A
Cash	N/A
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book	N/A
Price/Earnings	N/A
Price/Sales	N/A
Income Statements
Sales	N/A
EBITDA	N/A
Income	N/A
Profitability
Profit Margin	N/A
Operating Margin	N/A
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends	Dec 31
Most recent quarter	30-Sep-2000

Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets	N/A
Return on Equity	N/A
Financial Strength
Current Ratio	N/A
Debt/Equity	N/A
Total Cash (mrq)	$`0`
Short Interest As of 8-May-2000
Shares Short	`1,000`
Percent of Float	`0.0%`
Shares Short (Prior Month)	`1,000`
Short Ratio	`0.01`
Daily Volume	`90.0K`

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