Posted By: Northern Miner Staff
October 16, 2013
Volume 99 Number 36 Oct 21 - 27, 2013
Spot prices
Courtesy of Scotiabank
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Precious Metals
Price (US$/oz.)
Change
Gold
$1,321.00
-11.25
Silver
$22.30
-0.6
Platinum
$1,407.00
0
Palladium
$709.00
-17
Base Metals
Price (US$/tonne)
Change
Nickel
$14,076.00
75
Lead
$2,144.50
14.25
Copper
$7,252.75
-2.25
Zinc
$1,935.00
6.5
LME warehouse levels
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, October 14, 2013 (change from October 7, 2013 in brackets):
Aluminium Alloy
61500
(-200)
Aluminium
5321450
(-32575)
Copper
508575
(-14850)
Lead
235675
(-1625)
Nickel
228186
(+258)
Tin
12780
(-415)
Zinc
990225
(-18850)
Producer and dealer prices
Antimony FOB China: Mid-mkt US$10,500.00/t Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$9.00/lb. Cadmium 99.9: Mid-mkt US$0.95/lb. Coal: CME Group Central Appalachian Coal Futures Nov. 2013: US$54.76; Dec. 2013: US$55.29 Cobalt 99.8: US$14.25/lb. Copper: Comex Copper Futures Nov. 2013: US$3.30/lb.; Comex Dec. 2013: $3.30/lb. Germanium Dioxide: US$1,375/kg. Gallium: US$320/kg Indium: NY Dealer Mid-mkt US$700.00/kg. Iridium: Mid-mkt US$654.35/tr. oz. Magnesium FOB China: Mid-mkt US$2,900.00/t. Manganese FOB China: Mid-mkt US$2,250.00/t. Molybdenum Oxide: US$9.70/lb. Rhodium: Mid-mkt US$991.74/tr. oz. Ruthenium: Mid-mkt US$57.91/tr. oz. Selenium: Mid-mkt US$32.00/lb. Silver: Base: US$21.15; Fabricated: US$25.38; Sterling: US$19.61 Tungsten: APT Tungstate FOB China mid-mkt: US$400.00 per mtu Uranium: U3O8, Trade Tech spot price: US$35.25/lb.; Uranium Exchange Co. spot price: N.A. Ferrovanadium: US$26.00/kg; Vanadium-Pentoxide: US$5.75-6.25/lb. Prices current Oct. 16, 2013
Daily metal prices
Date
14-Oct
11-Oct
10-Oct
9-Oct
8-Oct
BASE METALS
(London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Al Alloy
1800/1830
1790/1830
1795/1825
1795/1830
1795/1825
Aluminum
1821.50/187350
1829.50/1875
1818/1865.50
1838.50/1886.50
1818/1864
Copper
7205/7225
7123/7156
7112/7137
7140/7178
7231/7267.50
Lead
2101.50/2127
2072/2098.50
2053/2076
2060.50/2090
2055/2083
Nickel
13900/14000
13725/13805
13715/13800
13755/13800
13830/13900
Tin
23375/23450
23320/23305
23390/23350
23495/23530
23710/23750
Zinc
1883/1926
1872.50/1910
1852/1890
1857/1897
1849.50/1889
PRECIOUS METAL PRICES (London fix, US$ per troy oz.)
Gold AM
1276
1285.75
1298
1309.5
1321
Gold PM
1285.5
1265.5
1298.5
1304
1329.5
Silver
21.52
21.52
21.93
22.1
22.3
Platinum
1379
1369
1385
1385
1407
Palladium
715
712
705
707
712
Exchange rates
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)
Date
14-Oct
11-Oct
10-Oct
9-Oct
8-Oct
US$ in C$
N/A
1.0385
1.0383
1.0397
1.0331
C$ in US$
N/A
0.9629
0.9631
0.9618
0.968
EXCHANGE RATES (Bank of Canada, Oct 15, 2013)
Currency
Aus $
Euro
Japan
Mex P
SA Rand
UK £
In C$
0.9876
1.3995
0.01052
0.08008
0.1044
1.6566
In US$
0.9523
1.3494
0.01014
0.07722
0.1007
1.5973
Canadian gold mutual funds
Fund name
Oct. 7
Sept. 30
Change
Change
YTD
MER*
Assets*
($)
($)
($)
(%)
(%)
(%)
(M$)
AGF Pr Mtl
18.22
18.36
-5.67
-30.9
-38.55
2.56
698.9
Altamira Pr & Str Mtl
9.24
9.35
-5.71
-61.1
-37.27
2.35
83.5
BMO Junior Gold Index ETF
7.3
7.39
-2.78
4.3
-48.26
0.58
108.4
BMO Pr Mtl
14.04
14.14
-2.75
-19.4
-37.55
2.29
133.6
CIBC Pr Mtl
10.11
10.19
-4.62
-45.3
-40.41
2.4
141.8
Dynamic Can Pr Mtl
6.48
6.54
-6.43
-98.3
-49.18
1.65
811.6
London Life Precious Mtl
19.09
19.28
-8.38
-43.5
-43.64
3.37
259.2
Mackenzie Un Pr Mtl C$
10.73
10.73
-7.63
-71.1
-33.42
2.44
569.9
Middlefield Precious Metals
6.36
6.43
-12.38
-192.5
-46.57
2.48
8.5
RBC Global Pr Mtl
24.32
24.6
-3.19
-13
-38.93
2.04
1380.4
Sentry Pr Mtl Growth
28.74
28.92
2.76
9.5
-46.03
2.75
731.5
Sprott Gold and Pr Minls
27.23
27.41
-11.45
-41.8
-44.84
2.84
854
Sprott Gold and Pr Minls F
29.02
29.21
-10.69
-36.6
-44.45
1.78
n/a
TD Pr Mtl
30.13
30.29
-7.05
-23.3
-37.49
2.15
313.9
TD Pr Mtl-A
6.36
6.39
-7.18
-112.4
-37.56
2.31
n/a
iShares TSX Global Gold Index
10.54
10.68
-5.17
-48.4
-43.41
0.55
802.1
Featured fund: Altamira Precious Metals Index top holdings as of 06/3/13 (in weighted order): Goldcorp, Yamana Gold, Barrick Gold, Silver Wheaton, Argonaut Gold, Eldorado Gold, Franco-Nevada, Dundee Precious Metals, Agnico Eagle Mines, B2Gold, New Gold, Tahoe Resources, First Majestic Silver, Kinross Gold. Fund manager: Jean-Phillipe Choquette.
TSX short positions
Short positions outstanding at Sept. 30/13 (with changes from Sept. 15/13).
Largest short positions
Lundin Mining
LUN
63898868
-1335567
New Gold
NGD
48133941
-881122
Osisko Mining
OSK
38279338
1113430
Barrick Gold
ABX
32960239
10795567
Turquoise Hill
TRQ
31493643
710035
Tahoe Resources
THO
20177666
-379979
Thompson Creek
TCM
18474709
-473
First Quantum
FM
17367447
-19375
Kinross Gold
K
17034814
-1.6E+07
B2gold
BTO
16192282
-209083
Dundee Precious
DPM
15301650
120628
Detour Gold
DGC
15053764
568838
First Majestic
FR
13104768
-46410
Argonaut Gold
AR
10850262
170035
Kirkland Lake
KGI
9755375
-232582
Largest increase in short position
Barrick Gold
ABX
32960239
10795567
Sulliden Gold
SUE
3880130
3579143
Silver Wheaton
SLW
8496329
3314553
Agnico-Eagle
AEM
6319483
2716561
Denison Mines
DML
3295669
2515237
Largest decrease in short position
Eldorado Gold
ELD
5999639
-2.1E+07
Kinross Gold
K
17034814
-1.6E+07
Yamana Gold
YRI
3444768
-9464132
Cameco
CCO
4091927
-6848786
Potash Corp.
POT
4979965
-2224472
TSX Venture short positions
Short positions outstanding at Sept. 30/13 (with changes from Sept. 15/13).
Largest short positions
Fission Uranium
FCU
1621156
1081420
Barkerville Gold
BGM
1276315
-134140
Great Western
GWG
856000
20000
Sunset Cove
SSM
760204
229000
Fancamp
FNC
638311
322000
Sunridge Gold
SGC
457000
330000
Pacific Potash
PP
430000
0
Arianne Phosphate
DAN
402600
393100
Southern Arc
SA
400500
400500
Zenyatta Ventures
ZEN
365815
-190050
Eagle Hill
EAG
362500
247000
Brazilian Gold
BGC
342000
341500
Pelangio
PX
330000
285000
Malbex Resources
MBG
300000
200000
Gold Standard
GSV
252456
0
Largest increase in short position
Fission Uranium
FCU
1621156
1081420
Southern Arc
SA
400500
400500
Arianne Phosphate
DAN
402600
393100
Brazilian Gold
BGC
342000
341500
Sunridge Gold
SGC
457000
330000
Largest decrease in short position
Sirios Resources
SOI
0
-808000
Aldrin Resource
ALN
37500
-608500
Falco Pacific
FPC
75000
-199500
Zenyatta Ventures
ZEN
365815
-190050
Victoria Gold
VIT
85000
-181500
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