Posted By: Northern Miner Staff
August 20, 2014
Volume 100 Number 28 Aug 25 - 31, 2014
Spot prices
Courtesy of Scotiabank
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change
Gold
$1,300.25
-10.75
Silver
$19.66
-0.42
Platinum
$1,447.00
-24
Palladium
$895.00
20
Base Metals Price (US$/tonne) Change
Nickel
$18,553.00
74
Lead
$2,224.00
8
Copper
$6,877.75
-26.5
Zinc
$2,308.50
26.5
LME warehouse levels
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, August 11, 2014 (change from August 4, 2014 in brackets):
Aluminium Alloy
32620
(-1180)
Aluminium
4880125
(-31775)
Copper
141275
(-100)
Lead
215675
(-225)
Nickel
324984
(+6234)
Tin
12790
(+10)
Zinc
737400
(-31275)
Producer and dealer prices
Antimony FOB China: Mid-mkt US$9,400/t
Daily metal prices
Date 18-Aug 15-Aug 14-Aug 13-Aug 12-Aug
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Al Alloy
1990/2000
1990/2005
1985/2005
1995/2015
1980/2000
Aluminum
1994/1994
1979/1988.50
2004.50/2021
2025.50/2043
2039.50/2050.50
Copper
6909.50/6886.50
6852/6843
6886/6872.50
6925/6916
7025/7010
Lead
2200/2207
2194/2202.50
2205/2213
2230/2242
2259/2270
Nickel
18415/18450
18500/18550
18530/18610
18570/18675
18845/18950
Tin
22415/22400
22375/22375
22375/22445
22475/22520
22450/22500
Zinc
2262/2245
2259/2264
2294/2296
2296.50/2304
2328.50/2338
PRECIOUS METAL PRICES (London fix, US$ per troy oz.)
Gold AM
1302.75
1313.6
1315
1309.25
1311
Gold PM
1296.75
1296
1313.5
1312
1315.75
Silver
19.59
19.86
19.86
19.9
20.08
Platinum
1448
1446
1468
1471
1473
Palladium
898
878
882
881
883
Exchange rates
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)
Date 18-Aug 15-Aug 14-Aug 13-Aug 12-Aug
US$ in C$
1.0889
1.091
1.0911
1.0929
1.0944
C$ in US$
0.9184
0.9166
0.9165
0.915
0.9137
EXCHANGE RATES (Bank of Canada, August 18, 2014)
Currency Aus $ Euro Japan Mex P SA Rand UK £
In C$
1.0158
1.4546
0.01062
0.08344
0.1026
1.8206
In US$
0.9329
1.3358
0.00975
0.07663
0.09422
1.672
Canadian gold mutual funds
Fund name Aug. 12 Aug. 5 Change Change YTD MER* Assets*
($) ($) ($) (%) (%) (%) (M$)
AGF Pr Mtl
22.93
22.23
0.7
0.031
35.84
2.76
239.72
Altamira Pr & Str Mtl
12.01
11.47
0.54
0.047
40.47
2.44
n/a
BMO Junior Gold Index ETF
8.55
8.18
0.37
0.045
38.97
0.62
63.06
BMO Pr Mtl
16.79
16.17
0.62
0.038
29.15
2.41
70.92
CIBC Pr Mtl
12.59
12.32
0.27
0.022
37.18
2.48
63.74
Dynamic Pr Mtl
4.59
4.42
0.17
0.038
54.03
2.65
277.7
London Life Precious Mtl
25.15
24.39
0.76
0.031
44.84
3.55
131.08
Mackenzie Pr Mtl-A
45.57
44.16
1.41
0.032
45.78
2.61
326
RBC Global Pr Mtl
30.3
29.2
1.1
0.038
35.87
2.13
590.85
Sentry Pr Mtl Growth
37.72
37.06
0.66
0.018
45.84
2.77
524.78
Sprott Gold and PM-F
4.67
4.5
0.17
0.038
44.57
2.5
n/a
Sprott Gold and Pr Minls
34.62
33.35
1.27
0.038
43.23
2.93
239.46
TD Pr Mtl-A
8.07
7.8
0.27
0.035
35.47
2.45
n/a
TD Pr Mtl-I
38.26
36.96
1.3
0.035
35.58
2.27
n/a
iShares TSX Global Gold Index
12.94
12.39
0.55
0.044
33.26
0.55
703.3
Featured fund: TD Pr Mtl-A top holdings as of 08/31/13 (in weighted order): Goldcorp, Franco-Nevada, Silver Wheaton, Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold, iShares Gold Bullion ETF, Barrick Gold, Yamana Gold, Agnico Eagle Mines, Osisko Mining, Kinross Gold, B2Gold, Torex Gold Resources, Fortuna Silver Mines, New Gold. Fund manager: Anish Chopra.
North American stock exchange indices
52-week
Date 18-Aug 15-Aug 14-Aug 13-Aug 12-Aug High Low
TSX Composite
15338.47
15304.24
15291.18
15262.73
15274.23
15527.3
12542.84
S&P/TSX-Ven Comp
990.62
995.9
996.22
999.76
998.71
1050.26
883.52
S&P TSX 60
881.43
880.09
879.7
876.6
877.97
896.74
716.98
Global Gold
204.44
204.05
205.89
207.8
207.69
218.9
149.29
TSX Metals & Mining
887.31
885.07
879.53
895.27
900.72
954.68
703.86
Gold & Silver XAU
102.47
101.97
102.6
103.83
103.85
115.21
79.73
Amex Gold Bugs
246.09
245.66
247.93
248.73
244.26
283.23
188.39
TSX short positions
Short positions outstanding at July 31/14 (with changes from July 15/14).
Largest short positions
Lundin Mining
LUN
56462980
-28230
Kinross
K
37521199
17393070
New Gold
NGD
31044604
252549
PotashCorp
POT
25614663
14729289
B2gold
BTO
22483248
1335758
Detour Gold
DGC
22098041
-864351
Torex Gold
TXG
19918831
6553271
Tahoe Res.
THO
18383456
-69633
Teck
TCK.B
14791182
3628344
Yamana
YRI
13040190
770373
Argonaut Gold
AR
12321451
404209
Cameco
CCO
12231251
4969217
Thompson Creek
TCM
12009980
-86108
Barrick Gold
ABX
11972760
-1.1E+07
First Majestic
FR
10776663
108846
Largest increase in short position
Kinross
K
37521199
17393070
PotashCorp
POT
25614663
14729289
Torex Gold
TXG
19918831
6553271
Cameco
CCO
12231251
4969217
Teck
TCK.B
14791182
3628344
Largest decrease in short position
Barrick Gold
ABX
11972760
-1.1E+07
Hudbay Min.
HBM
4849610
-4266079
Eldorado Gold
ELD
5371311
-3345658
Dundee Precious Mtls
DPM
10065494
-2116717
Pretium Res.
PVG
1044792
-1712886
TSX Venture short positions
Short positions outstanding at July 31/14 (with changes from July 15/14).
Largest short positions
Aurcana
AUN
1333672
165571
Azincourt Uran.&nb
AAZ
945900
911900
Fission Uran.
FCU
740257
46857
Pure Gold Min.
PGM
507500
507500
Robex Res.
RBX
477000
128000
Zenyatta
ZEN
455209
39492
Nemaska Lit.
NMX
397000
-7500
Arianne Phos.
DAN
390800
-26400
Glen Eagle Res.
GER
372500
372500
Superior Copper
SPC
303100
-91000
Makena Res.
MKN
300000
300000
Kaminak Gold
KAM
294431
-781769
West African Res.
WAF
279500
279500
Aftermath Sil.
AAG
269800
269800
Mason Graphite
LLG
261500
156500
Largest increase in short position
Azincourt Uran.
AAZ
945900
911900
Pure Gold Min.
PGM
507500
507500
Glen Eagle Res.
GER
372500
372500
Makena Res.
MKN
300000
300000
West African Res.
WAF
279500
279500
Largest decrease in short position
Commerce Res.
CCE
0
-1175000
Atac Res.
ATC
37048
-921152
Kaminak Gold
KAM
294431
-781769
Mindoro
MIO
0
-661100
Lamelee Iron Ore
LIR
0
-468500
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