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Aug 14 - Newcrest Mining Ltd NCM.AX reported a 22 percent rise in full-year underlying profit on Monday, but missed analysts' estimates.
Australia's largest independent gold miner reported underlying profit of $394 million for the year ended June 30, versus $323 million the previous year.
Analysts had forecast fiscal 2017 profit of around $434 million.
Revenue for the year grew 6 percent to $3.48 billion.