Aim-listed Goldplat’s two gold recovery operations in South Africa and Ghana achieved a combined operating profit for the third quarter of £1.47-million, a 36% decrease against the third quarter in the previous year (excluding listing and head office costs and foreign exchange losses), it notes in operational update for the period. The combined operating profit for the operating entities for the nine months ending March 31 decreased by 20% year-on-year to £4.84-million.