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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Gold Prices Soar on EU, US troubles
Gold prices soared today as investors sought out the metal's safe haven. Prices have traded as high as $1,130.20 and closed at $1,126.90 as the U.S. dollar index slipped 0.49%. Gold's spot price rose $18.10 according to Kitco's gold index.
Most investors bought gold as an alternative investment, seeking the safety of a hard asset over a pandemic of struggling currencies. Not only is the US dollar in trouble but the EU's multibillion-euro bailout for Greece is sketchy, and now Spain, US, UK, France and Germany are at risk for losing their triple-A credit rating from Moody's. Many analysts are anticipating further euro weakening and subsequent inflation.
Further currency debasement could help support higher gold prices, but global rate hikes might provide some short-term downside. After China's higher-than-expected inflation reading, analysts are expecting the government to raise interest rates to control economic expansion.
The Fed has pledged to keep interest rates low for an extended period of time despite fledgling economic recovery. But wary investors are ever vigilant, watching for any tell that the Fed will tighten rates sooner than expected. Gold has historically been the go to hedge against inflation bought by investors. Thus, any signs that the government will end the flow of free money will impact gold and other precious metal prices.
Most investors bought gold as an alternative investment, seeking the safety of a hard asset over a pandemic of struggling currencies. Not only is the US dollar in trouble but the EU's multibillion-euro bailout for Greece is sketchy, and now Spain, US, UK, France and Germany are at risk for losing their triple-A credit rating from Moody's. Many analysts are anticipating further euro weakening and subsequent inflation.
Further currency debasement could help support higher gold prices, but global rate hikes might provide some short-term downside. After China's higher-than-expected inflation reading, analysts are expecting the government to raise interest rates to control economic expansion.
The Fed has pledged to keep interest rates low for an extended period of time despite fledgling economic recovery. But wary investors are ever vigilant, watching for any tell that the Fed will tighten rates sooner than expected. Gold has historically been the go to hedge against inflation bought by investors. Thus, any signs that the government will end the flow of free money will impact gold and other precious metal prices.
Gold Mining Report-March 16, 2010
In the last few years, most of the gold mining activities have been located in Southern Hemisphere. Lately, mining activities and consolidations are starting to ramp up in the northern areas of Canada, specifically in the Yukon Territories.
NovaGold Resources was a major player in the gold mining industry, but after the financial crisis and related budget problems, it halted its development activities. However, lately the company has been in the news again due to interest by investors like George Soros and John Paulson, who have increased their positions in NovaGold’s stock.
Kinross Gold announced today that in addition to their press release on March 11, 2010, it has entered into a definitive support agreement with the Canadian Junior mining company, Underworld Resources. Kinross’s friendly take-over bid will acquire 100% of the outstanding common shares of Underworld that they do not already own on the basis of 0.141 of a Kinross common share plus $0.01 in cash per common share. Underworld agreed to support the offer and Underworld's directors and senior have agreed to tender their common shares to the offer. In the deal Kinross will also acquire a development prospect called White Gold, which has already identified an indicated resource of greater than 1 million ounces of gold, and the project's Golden Saddle deposit, ore grades look highly favorable for positive economic feasibility at 3.2 grams per ton.
Yesterday,(yea I now I am slacking) Seabridge Gold announced that an independent review of Seabridge Gold's resource estimates for the KSM project has been completed by a third-party, Behre Dolbear & Company. Behre Dolbear confirms that the KSM resource model is reasonable and appropriate. Furthermore, they confirmed that the resource estimates prepared by Resource Modeling in January were accurate, conformed to industry practices, and complied with industry standards. However, the Seabridge realistically cannot enter production at the KSM project unless one of the major mining groups decides back them financially. Higher gold prices may provide them that incentive.
Back in the U.S., Newmont Mining Corporation stated that the Chinese demand for gold bullion will remain strong this year, despite historically high prices for the metal. Philip Stephenson, Regional Group Executive, Operations, Newmont Asia Pacific is forecasting that they are still going to see strong investment demand from China. Last year, 2009, there was a 20% increase in investment demand from China. Newmont is expecting a similar level of demand in 2010.
Newmont's Boddington gold mine in Western Australia recently opened and expectations are high. They also have several early-stage exploration projects near existing Australian mine sites. However, these are more likely to extend existing mine life, rather than boost production levels.
NovaGold Resources was a major player in the gold mining industry, but after the financial crisis and related budget problems, it halted its development activities. However, lately the company has been in the news again due to interest by investors like George Soros and John Paulson, who have increased their positions in NovaGold’s stock.
Kinross Gold announced today that in addition to their press release on March 11, 2010, it has entered into a definitive support agreement with the Canadian Junior mining company, Underworld Resources. Kinross’s friendly take-over bid will acquire 100% of the outstanding common shares of Underworld that they do not already own on the basis of 0.141 of a Kinross common share plus $0.01 in cash per common share. Underworld agreed to support the offer and Underworld's directors and senior have agreed to tender their common shares to the offer. In the deal Kinross will also acquire a development prospect called White Gold, which has already identified an indicated resource of greater than 1 million ounces of gold, and the project's Golden Saddle deposit, ore grades look highly favorable for positive economic feasibility at 3.2 grams per ton.
Yesterday,(yea I now I am slacking) Seabridge Gold announced that an independent review of Seabridge Gold's resource estimates for the KSM project has been completed by a third-party, Behre Dolbear & Company. Behre Dolbear confirms that the KSM resource model is reasonable and appropriate. Furthermore, they confirmed that the resource estimates prepared by Resource Modeling in January were accurate, conformed to industry practices, and complied with industry standards. However, the Seabridge realistically cannot enter production at the KSM project unless one of the major mining groups decides back them financially. Higher gold prices may provide them that incentive.
Back in the U.S., Newmont Mining Corporation stated that the Chinese demand for gold bullion will remain strong this year, despite historically high prices for the metal. Philip Stephenson, Regional Group Executive, Operations, Newmont Asia Pacific is forecasting that they are still going to see strong investment demand from China. Last year, 2009, there was a 20% increase in investment demand from China. Newmont is expecting a similar level of demand in 2010.
Newmont's Boddington gold mine in Western Australia recently opened and expectations are high. They also have several early-stage exploration projects near existing Australian mine sites. However, these are more likely to extend existing mine life, rather than boost production levels.
Friday, March 12, 2010
This Week in Mining
Rising gold prices this year have been driving a wave of acquisition activities in the sector with at least three major deals being announced this week alone.
Newmont Mining, the world's second largest gold producer, said this week that it may pursue operations in politically risky countries. Last week the company sold its interest in the Amulsar Gold Project in Armenia to its partner Lydian International for around $25M.
Kinross Gold announced the proposed acquisition of Underworld Resources for $139.2 million, or $2.62 per share. Kinross already holds an 8.5% stake in the company and Thursday's offer represents a 36% premium over Underworld's closing price of $1.93 on Wednesday.
Apollo Gold announced Tuesday the acquisition of Linear Gold for C$102M. The combined company will have total reserves of approximately 2.3M ounces of gold in Canada.
On another note:
Barrick Gold, one of the the largest gold producers faced the risk of losing its mining license for the $3B Reko Diq gold-copper project in Pakistan even though the CEO stated that he was confident the company would reach an agreement to develop the project, which it owns jointly with Chilean copper company Antofagasta. Barrick’s North American business produced 600,000 ounces of gold at a cash cost of $523 per ounce. This was driven by the Goldstrike operation, which produced 210,000 ounces at $528 per ounce as higher-grade ore continued to be mined in the open pit and underground and the Cortez mine contributed 170,000 million ounces at $382 per ounce. Barrick is even expecting to increase in gold production from the Cortez property. Assay results predict a higher grade of ore from the Cortez Hills mine when it becomes operational.
There is probably more but thats about all I can digest for one day. Remember buy real money, buy PMs!
Newmont Mining, the world's second largest gold producer, said this week that it may pursue operations in politically risky countries. Last week the company sold its interest in the Amulsar Gold Project in Armenia to its partner Lydian International for around $25M.
Kinross Gold announced the proposed acquisition of Underworld Resources for $139.2 million, or $2.62 per share. Kinross already holds an 8.5% stake in the company and Thursday's offer represents a 36% premium over Underworld's closing price of $1.93 on Wednesday.
Apollo Gold announced Tuesday the acquisition of Linear Gold for C$102M. The combined company will have total reserves of approximately 2.3M ounces of gold in Canada.
On another note:
Barrick Gold, one of the the largest gold producers faced the risk of losing its mining license for the $3B Reko Diq gold-copper project in Pakistan even though the CEO stated that he was confident the company would reach an agreement to develop the project, which it owns jointly with Chilean copper company Antofagasta. Barrick’s North American business produced 600,000 ounces of gold at a cash cost of $523 per ounce. This was driven by the Goldstrike operation, which produced 210,000 ounces at $528 per ounce as higher-grade ore continued to be mined in the open pit and underground and the Cortez mine contributed 170,000 million ounces at $382 per ounce. Barrick is even expecting to increase in gold production from the Cortez property. Assay results predict a higher grade of ore from the Cortez Hills mine when it becomes operational.
There is probably more but thats about all I can digest for one day. Remember buy real money, buy PMs!
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Gold Wars: A Very Knowledgeable PM Business Owner's Blog
I wanted to let my readers know of a blog called Gold Wars. The author is a gold and silver business owner named Kirsty Hogg. Conversely, the blog is not about her business, but instead addresses issues like hyper-inflation, the long term manipulation of gold and silver, current economic events, and other related items. We all know (at least those who read my blog) that the Federal Reserve continues to print money even as the Federal debt is out of control (just check that little ticker on the left side of the page). These are just some of the topics Kirsty discusses. Like me, she is trying to educate folks that paper money is virtually worthless.
Ever since 1971 when President Nixon took the US off the gold standard and replaced our money with fiat currency, the value of he dollar has eroded and many fear the US economy will soon reach a melting point if something is not done about it. She also addresses what you can do to prepare for the worst, if it comes. The number one way to protect your wealth is to buy precious metals such as gold and silver. Kirsty recommends and I agree that it makes sense to store your wealth in something that is inflation proof. As Kirsty put it “I for one will be buying gold and silver in a variety of forms.” So if you want an education in gold, the economics behind it and the value of owning precious metals, I recommend Gold Wars as required reading. Gold Wars link: http://www.goldwars.blogspot.com/.
Ever since 1971 when President Nixon took the US off the gold standard and replaced our money with fiat currency, the value of he dollar has eroded and many fear the US economy will soon reach a melting point if something is not done about it. She also addresses what you can do to prepare for the worst, if it comes. The number one way to protect your wealth is to buy precious metals such as gold and silver. Kirsty recommends and I agree that it makes sense to store your wealth in something that is inflation proof. As Kirsty put it “I for one will be buying gold and silver in a variety of forms.” So if you want an education in gold, the economics behind it and the value of owning precious metals, I recommend Gold Wars as required reading. Gold Wars link: http://www.goldwars.blogspot.com/.
Gold Mining Report-March 11, 2010
Today has been very interesting in the world of gold mining. To wet your whistle, an exploration and aquisition company is now going into the gold production business. Another gold mining company announced that they would acquire 100% of the outstanding common shares of a smaller exploration company without making a hostile take-over bid, and the coup de gras, even though this mining company rose 0.8% to $39.10, the company along with its partner may have some trouble with the locals. The local government threatened to withhold their mining license! Read it on 24K Chuk Kam!
Great Basin Gold Limited usually engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of precious metal deposits primarily gold and silver deposits. Now it has moved from just an exploration company to a production company. It owns interests in the Hollister gold project and the Esmeralda property in Nevada, and the Burnstone gold project in South Africa. L.A. Little at Real Money is moving into the bullish realm as GBG’s production comes on line. It is well supported in price as a result and any weakness that stems this news needs to be used to accumulate shares.
Kinross Gold . The board of directors of Underworld unanimously recommends the offer to its shareholders. For each Common Share of Underworld, Kinross will offer 0.141 of a Kinross common share, plus $0.01 in cash. The offer represents an implied offer price of ~$2.62 per Common Share. The transaction values the fully-diluted share capital of Underworld at approximately $139.2 M. Underworld's key asset is the White Gold project, in the Tintina gold belt south of Dawson City, Yukon Territory. The project has roughly 1.5 million ounces of resources. Kinross stock is currently trading down 0.8% at $17.90.
Barrick Gold rose 0.8% to $39.10, as the company's CEO Aaron Regent maintains his optimism about Barrick's ability to reach an agreement to develop the huge $3 billion Reko Diq gold-copper project in Pakistan. Barrick and Chilean copper mining company Antofagasta together own the majority of the project, while the local government owns the remaining stake. Many have been worried that the project might be in jeopardy after the local government threatened to withhold a mining license that the companies would need to move the project forward with the project.
Goldcorp reported Q4 (Dec) earnings of $0.25 per share, excluding non-recurring items, in-line with the First Call consensus of $0.25; revenues rose 27.8% year/year to $778.3M vs the $732.4 M consensus. The Company reported gold production of 601,300 ounces at a total cash cost of $289 per ounce for the quarter ended December 31, 2009.
Great Basin Gold Limited usually engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of precious metal deposits primarily gold and silver deposits. Now it has moved from just an exploration company to a production company. It owns interests in the Hollister gold project and the Esmeralda property in Nevada, and the Burnstone gold project in South Africa. L.A. Little at Real Money is moving into the bullish realm as GBG’s production comes on line. It is well supported in price as a result and any weakness that stems this news needs to be used to accumulate shares.
Kinross Gold . The board of directors of Underworld unanimously recommends the offer to its shareholders. For each Common Share of Underworld, Kinross will offer 0.141 of a Kinross common share, plus $0.01 in cash. The offer represents an implied offer price of ~$2.62 per Common Share. The transaction values the fully-diluted share capital of Underworld at approximately $139.2 M. Underworld's key asset is the White Gold project, in the Tintina gold belt south of Dawson City, Yukon Territory. The project has roughly 1.5 million ounces of resources. Kinross stock is currently trading down 0.8% at $17.90.
Barrick Gold rose 0.8% to $39.10, as the company's CEO Aaron Regent maintains his optimism about Barrick's ability to reach an agreement to develop the huge $3 billion Reko Diq gold-copper project in Pakistan. Barrick and Chilean copper mining company Antofagasta together own the majority of the project, while the local government owns the remaining stake. Many have been worried that the project might be in jeopardy after the local government threatened to withhold a mining license that the companies would need to move the project forward with the project.
Goldcorp reported Q4 (Dec) earnings of $0.25 per share, excluding non-recurring items, in-line with the First Call consensus of $0.25; revenues rose 27.8% year/year to $778.3M vs the $732.4 M consensus. The Company reported gold production of 601,300 ounces at a total cash cost of $289 per ounce for the quarter ended December 31, 2009.
APMEX - The Last Maple Leaf!
Over the past three years The Royal Canadian Mint produced special, limited edition .99999 pure Gold Maple Leaf coins to exhibit their engineering excellence in coin minting. These coins have been reserved for special edition releases only and have been produced in very limited mintages. These unique, special edition coins featured a three maple leaf design in 2007, a two maple leaf design in 2008, and a lone maple leaf on this, the final coin in this series.
We are excited to announce that APMEX has recently secured a small quantity of limited edition 1 ounce .99999 pure, 2009 Gold Maple Leaf coins - the last in this series. Now through Monday March 15, 2010, at 12 noon (CST) these coins have been priced as low as $59.95 over spot while supplies last.
The Gold Maple Leaf was first launched in September 1979 as a 1 ounce investment grade coin. The Gold Maple Leaf was .999 pure until 1982 when its purity was raised to .9999, setting a new standard for gold bullion coins. Every Maple Leaf coin is guaranteed by the Government of Canada for its weight and purity. As a result, Maple Leafs are highly valued and are easily bought and sold anywhere in the world where precious metals are traded.
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Respectfully,
David McCarty
Director of Marketing
American Precious Metals Exchange
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