Posted By: Northern Miner Staff
August 27, 2014
Volume 100 Number 29 Sep 1 - 7, 2014
Spot prices
Courtesy of Scotiabank
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change
Gold
$1,286.50
-13.75
Silver
$19.49
-0.17
Platinum
$1,422.00
-25
Palladium
$886.00
-9
Base Metals Price (US$/tonne) Change
Nickel
$18,922.00
200
Lead
$2,249.25
-2
Copper
$7,056.00
-22
Zinc
$2,355.00
6
LME warehouse levels
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, August 22, 2014 (change from August 15, 2014 in brackets):
Aluminium Alloy
31760
(+900)
Aluminium
4843275
(-49500)
Copper
146325
(+5025)
Lead
217200
(+1425)
Nickel
325788
(+3060)
Tin
13235
(+445)
Zinc
734600
(-3250)
Producer and dealer prices
Antimony FOB China: Mid-mkt US$9,400/t
Daily metal prices
Date 25-Aug 22-Aug 21-Aug 20-Aug 19-Aug
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Al Alloy
N/A
2050/2065
2045/2060
2015/2030
2015/2030
Aluminum
N/A
2055/2060
2058/2068
2036.50/2054
2027.50/2037
Copper
N/A
7087.50/7075
7002.50/6984.50
6921/6904.50
6934/6905
Lead
N/A
2258.50/2253
2253/2248
2235/2235
2240/2231.50
Nickel
N/A
18620/18700
18725/18865
18770/18850
18545/18580
Tin
N/A
22400/22400
22250/22300
22375/22425
22375/22375
Zinc
N/A
2363.50/2263.50
2350/2353
2331.50/2331
2313/2313
PRECIOUS METAL PRICES (London fix, US$ per troy oz.)
Gold AM
N/A
1281
1280.5
1294.5
1300.25
Gold PM
N/A
1277.25
1275.25
1295
1296.5
Silver
N/A
19.49
19.4
19.42
19.66
Platinum
N/A
1416
1419
1428
1443
Palladium
N/A
883
877
868
896
Exchange rates
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)
Date 25-Aug 22-Aug 21-Aug 20-Aug 19-Aug
US$ in C$
1.098
1.095
1.0948
1.0944
1.0929
C$ in US$
0.9107
0.9132
0.9134
0.9137
0.915
EXCHANGE RATES (Bank of Canada, August 25, 2014)
Currency Aus $ Euro Japan Mex P SA Rand UK £
In C$
1.0206
1.4499
0.01056
0.08362
0.1025
1.8209
In US$
0.9295
1.3205
0.00962
0.07616
0.09335
1.6584
Canadian gold mutual funds
Fund name Aug. 26 Aug. 19 Change Change YTD MER* Assets*
($) ($) ($) (%) (%) (%) (M$)
AGF Pr Mtl
22.01
22.43
-0.42
-0.019
30.39
2.76
239.72
Altamira Pr & Str Mtl
11.4
11.73
-0.33
-0.028
33.33
2.44
n/a
BMO Junior Gold Index ETF
8.3
8.47
-0.17
-0.02
34.75
0.62
63.06
BMO Pr Mtl
16.15
16.41
-0.26
-0.016
24.24
2.41
70.92
CIBC Pr Mtl
11.93
12.23
-0.3
-0.025
30.01
2.48
63.74
Dynamic Pr Mtl
4.29
4.45
-0.16
-0.036
43.96
2.65
277.7
London Life Precious Mtl
23.86
24.45
-0.59
-0.024
37.4
3.55
131.08
Mackenzie Pr Mtl-A
43.24
44.29
-1.05
-0.024
38.34
2.61
326
RBC Global Pr Mtl
28.82
29.46
-0.64
-0.022
29.21
2.13
590.85
Sentry Pr Mtl Growth
36.11
36.6
-0.49
-0.013
39.61
2.77
524.78
Sprott Gold and PM-F
4.54
4.58
-0.04
-0.009
40.61
2.5
n/a
Sprott Gold and Pr Minls
33.66
33.94
-0.28
-0.008
39.25
2.93
239.46
TD Pr Mtl-A
7.67
7.85
-0.18
-0.023
28.69
2.45
n/a
TD Pr Mtl-I
36.35
37.22
-0.87
-0.023
28.81
2.27
143.74
iShares TSX Global Gold Index
12.43
12.69
-0.26
-0.02
27.99
0.55
703.3
Featured fund: TD Pr Mtl-I 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 25-Aug 22-Aug 21-Aug 20-Aug 19-Aug High Low
TSX Composite
15598.74
15535.55
15556.09
15561.95
15477.17
15653.38
12567.16
S&P/TSX-Ven Comp
1008.24
1005.58
1002.2
996.7
997.56
1050.26
883.52
S&P TSX 60
897.41
892.71
894.14
894.78
889.5
900.42
721.45
Global Gold
195.84
198.41
203.89
203.62
204.44
218.9
149.29
TSX Metals & Mining
897.24
890.66
888.7
902.1
884.49
954.68
703.86
Gold & Silver XAU
98.08
99.45
99.65
101.83
101.6
115.21
79.73
Amex Gold Bugs
234.67
238.11
238.83
243.68
243.64
283.23
188.39
TSX short positions
Short positions outstanding at Aug. 15/14 (with changes from July 30/14).
Largest short positions
Lundin Mining
CCO
56234648
-228332
Kinross Gold
K
38271275
750076
New Gold
NGD
30805555
-239049
PotashCorp
POT
25837740
223077
Yamana Gold
YRI
23860956
10820766
B2Gold
BTO
22860067
376819
Detour Gold
DGC
22248519
150478
Tahoe Res.
THO
17887100
-496356
Teck Res.
TCK.B
17754938
2963756
Cameco
CCO
14043651
1812400
Argonaut Gold
AR
11906952
-414499
Thompson Creek
TCM
11557098
-452882
Torex Gold
TXG
11225737
-8693094
First Majestic
FR
10709851
-66812
Dundee Pr Mtls
DPM
9646767
-418727
Largest increase in short position
Yamana Gold
YRI
23860956
10820766
Teck Res.
TCK.B
17754938
2963756
Eldorado Gold
ELD
7448805
2077494
Cameco
CCO
14043651
1812400
Goldcorp
G
4501682
959079
Largest decrease in short position
Torex Gold
TXG
11225737
-8693094
Rio Alto Min.
RIO
1523626
-7623200
Barrick Gold
ABX
8981061
-2991699
Elgin Mining
ELG
10000
-1500000
Dalradian Res.
DNA
144600
-1120400
TSX Venture short positions
Short positions outstanding at Aug. 15/14 (with changes from July 30/14).
Largest short positions
Aurcana
AUN
1421672
88000
Coastal Gold
COD
1160000
1160000
Fission Uran.
FCU
1098057
357800
VVC Exp.
VVC
1000000
1000000
Niocorp Dev.
NB
694436
691300
Lomiko Mtls
LMR
591000
591000
Pure Gold
PGM
480000
-27500
Arianne Phos.
DAN
390800
0
Gold Canyon
GCU
357800
217800
First Bauxite
FBX
300000
295000
Mason Graphite
LLG
273000
11500
Northern Grap.
NGC
245452
102900
Zenyatta Ven.
ZEN
226909
-228300
Lumina Copper
LCC
216993
21500
Gold Standard
GSV
213100
213000
Largest increase in short position
Coastal Gold
COD
1160000
1160000
VVC Exp.
VVC
1000000
1000000
Niocorp Dev.
NB
694436
691300
Lomiko Mtls
LMR
591000
591000
Fission Uran.
FCU
1098057
357800
Largest decrease in short position
Azincourt Uran
AAZ
0
-945900
Robex Res.
RBX
0
-477000
Glen Eagle Res
GER
0
-372500
Makena Res.
MKN
2000
-298000
Kaminak Gold
KAM
18931
-275500
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