(Sharecast News) - The boss of Hochschild Mining picked up some shares in the precious metals miner as they hit three-year highs.

Eduardo Landin bought the 72,500 of additional shares on Friday at roughly 183p apiece, for a total transaction amount of

Following the purchase, Landin was left in possession of 0.098% of the company's issued share capital.

Under the terms of company's Long-Term Incentive Plan, the shares had to be held for two years.

Top Director Buys

Hochschild Mining (HOC)

Director name: Landin,Eduardo

Amount purchased: 72,500 @ 183.00p

Value: £132,675.00

Inchcape (INCH)

Director name: Platt ,Alison

Amount purchased: 12,143 @ 823.47p

Value: £99,993.65

Ruffer Investment Company Ltd Red Ptg Pref Shares (RICA)

Director name: Soquar,Solomon

Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 273.96p

Value: £27,396.00

Unicorn Mineral Resources Eur0.01 (cdi) (UMR)

Director name: Doherty,Patrick

Amount purchased: 225,000 @ 10.00p

Value: £22,500.00

Warpaint London (W7L)

Director name: Craig,Sally

Amount purchased: 4,080 @ 490.00p

Value: £19,992.00

Hostmore (MORE)

Director name: McEwan,Julie

Amount purchased: 27,778 @ 18.00p

Value: £5,000.04

North American Income Trust (the) (NAIT)

Director name: Nicklin ,Susannah

Amount purchased: 856 @ 288.66p

Value: £2,470.93

Mortgage Advice Bureau (holdings) (MAB1)

Director name: Imlach,Nathan James McLean

Amount purchased: 234 @ 905.00p

Value: £2,117.70

Britvic (BVIC)

Director name: Napier,Rebecca

Amount purchased: 15 @ 1,004.00p

Value: £150.60

Britvic (BVIC)

Director name: Litherland,Simon

Amount purchased: 14 @ 1,004.00p

Value: £140.56

Top Director Sells

Segro (SGRO)

Director name: Sleath,David J R

Amount sold: 108,420 @ 892.98p

Value: £968,168.92

Segro (SGRO)

Director name: Das,Soumen

Amount sold: 80,567 @ 892.98p

Value: £719,447.20

Touchstone Exploration Inc Npv (di) (TXP)

Director name: Baay,Paul R.

Amount sold: 5,000 @ $0.58

Value: $1,715.67