Posted By: Northern Miner Staff
September 17, 2014
Volume 100 Number 32 Sep 22 - 28, 2014
Spot prices
Courtesy of Scotiabank
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change
Gold
$1,238.75
-17.25
Silver
$18.75
-0.25
Platinum
$1,369.00
-26
Palladium
$839.00
-42
Base Metals Price (US$/tonne) Change
Nickel
$17,957.00
-60
Lead
$2,099.25
2.75
Copper
$6,857.25
38.75
Zinc
$2,251.25
3
LME warehouse levels
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, September 15, 2014 (change from September 8, 2014 in brackets):
Aluminium Alloy
30420
(-700)
Aluminium
4711675
(-46225)
Copper
156375
(+1775)
Lead
225875
(+950)
Nickel
334842
(+2808)
Tin
9915
(-2520)
Zinc
754725
(+18075)
Daily metal prices
Date 15-Sep 12-Sep 11-Sep 10-Sep 9-Sep
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Al Alloy
2110/2115
2100/2115
2115/2130
2120/2135
2125/2140
Aluminum
1957.50/2000
2008/2046
2001.50/2040
2011.50/2050.50
2044.50/2075.50
Copper
6849/6819.50
6855.50/6835
6828.50/6802.50
6897/6870
6936.50/6929
Lead
2102.50/2114
2114.50/2123
2111/2123
2099.50/2117
2157/2173
Nickel
18250/18325
18340/18400
18455/18550
18545/18625
19355/19475
Tin
21125/21100
21175/21210
21165/21195
20975/21025
21080/21125
Zinc
2254/2262
2269/2277
2267/2276
2274.50/2293.50
2338/2349
PRECIOUS METAL PRICES (London fix, US$ per troy oz.)
Gold AM
1234.75
1237.25
1247
1254.25
1256
Gold PM
1234.25
1231.5
1241.25
1251
1255.75
Silver
18.64
18.64
18.7
19.01
19
Platinum
1368
1360
1378
1382
1395
Palladium
841
829
846
856
886
Exchange rates
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)
Date 8-Sep 5-Sep 4-Sep 3-Sep 2-Sep
US$ in C$
1.1051
1.1076
1.1032
1.0955
1.1012
C$ in US$
0.9049
0.9029
0.9065
0.9128
0.9081
EXCHANGE RATES (Bank of Canada, September 15, 2014)
Currency Aus $ Euro Japan Mex P SA Rand UK £
In C$
0.9975
1.4311
0.01031
0.08351
0.1006
1.7949
In US$
0.9026
1.295
0.00933
0.07557
0.09103
1.6242
Canadian gold mutual funds
Fund name Sept. 9 Sept. 2 Change Change YTD MER* Assets*
($) ($) ($) (%) (%) (%) (M$)
AGF Pr Mtl
20.88
21.8
-0.92
-0.042
23.7
2.76
239.72
Altamira Pr & Str Mtl
10.65
11.23
-0.58
-0.052
24.56
2.44
n/a
BMO Junior Gold Index ETF
7.67
8.22
-0.55
-0.067
24.88
0.62
63.06
BMO Pr Mtl
15.3
16
-0.7
-0.044
17.69
2.41
70.92
CIBC Pr Mtl
11.32
11.78
-0.46
-0.039
23.41
2.48
63.74
Dynamic Pr Mtl
4.04
4.29
-0.25
-0.058
35.57
2.65
277.7
London Life Precious Mtl
22.07
23.47
-1.4
-0.06
27.1
3.55
131.08
Mackenzie Pr Mtl-A
40.02
42.54
-2.52
-0.059
28.03
2.61
326
RBC Global Pr Mtl
27.13
28.46
-1.33
-0.047
21.64
2.13
590.85
Sentry Pr Mtl Growth
33.47
35.79
-2.32
-0.065
29.41
2.77
524.78
Sprott Gold and PM-F
4.3
4.47
-0.17
-0.038
33.06
2.5
n/a
Sprott Gold and Pr Minls
31.83
33.13
-1.3
-0.039
31.69
2.93
239.46
TD Pr Mtl-A
7.3
7.57
-0.27
-0.036
22.63
2.45
n/a
TD Pr Mtl-I
34.64
35.91
-1.27
-0.035
22.75
2.27
143.74
iShares TSX Global Gold Index
11.65
12.42
-0.77
-0.062
19.99
0.55
703.3
Featured fund: AGF Pr Mtl top holdings as of 04/30/14 (in weighted order): Tahoe Resources, Stillwater Mining, Randgold Resources, Goldcorp, Agnico Eagles Mines, Semafo, B2Gold, Eldorado Gold, Primero Mining, Torex Gold Resources. Fund manager: Bob Lyon.
North American stock exchange indices
52-week
Date 15-Sep 12-Sep 11-Sep 10-Sep 9-Sep High Low
TSX Composite
15482.56
15531.58
15534.32
15471.89
15536.81
15685.13
12678.02
S&P/TSX-Ven Comp
981.5
987.93
982.28
984
988.69
1050.26
883.52
S&P TSX 60
894.36
896.82
896.61
892.61
896.32
902.74
727.59
Global Gold
184.06
184.2
185.97
182.76
186.81
215.56
149.29
TSX Metals & Mining
865.42
880.98
872.81
856.39
864.32
954.68
703.86
Gold & Silver XAU
91.69
91.66
93
92.26
92.61
107.39
79.73
Amex Gold Bugs
219.25
218.98
222.05
220.27
224.68
261.36
188.39
TSX short positions
Short positions outstanding at Aug. 31/14 (with changes from Aug. 15/14).
Largest short positions
Lundin Mining
LUN
56126147
-108501
Kinross Gold
K
31979164
-6292111
Yamana Gold
YRI
31513835
7652879
New Gold
NGD
30794785
-10770
B2Gold
BTO
23848965
988898
Detour Gold
DGC
22170034
-78485
PotashCorp
POT
21029115
-4808625
Tahoe Res.
THO
17742245
-144855
Eldorado Gold
ELD
15616461
8167656
Argonaut Gold
AR
11882826
-24126
Cameco
CCO
11326987
-2716664
First Majestic
FR
10989413
279562
Thompson Creek
TCM
10923494
-633604
Barrick Gold
ABX
10157500
1176439
Dundee Pr Mtls
DPM
9622004
-24763
Largest increase in short position
Eldorado Gold
ELD
15616461
8167656
Yamana Gold
YRI
31513835
7652879
Aurico Gold
AUQ
7788257
3657688
Coalspur Mines
CPT
2571900
2571900
Mandalay Res.
MND
5555900
1269300
Largest decrease in short position
Teck Res.
TCK.B
9554060
-8200878
Silver Wheaton
SLW
2926029
-6589536
Kinross Gold
K
31979164
-6292111
Torex Gold
TXG
5079499
-6146238
PotashCorp
POT
21029115
-4808625
TSX Venture short positions
Short positions outstanding at Aug. 31/14 (with changes from Aug. 15/14).
Largest short positions
Greenflag Ven.
GFV
4149000
3962500
Bayswater Uran.
BYU
2529000
2524000
Fission Uran.
FCU
1639457
541400
Lomiko Metals
LMR
1357000
766000
Aurcana
AUN
1332372
-89300
Elkwater Res.
ELW
1034500
314800
Athabasca Min.
ABM
727659
523000
Nexgen Energy
NXE
706800
447500
Mason Graph.
LLG
599400
326400
Robex Res.
RBX
563000
563000
Ultra Lithium
ULI
479000
479000
Passport Potash
PPI
424000
424000
Northern Graph.
NGC
386352
140900
Kilo Goldmines
KGL
372500
372500
Commerce Res.
CCE
343000
343000
Largest increase in short position
Greenflag Ven.
GFV
4149000
3962500
Bayswater Uran.
BYU
2529000
2524000
Lomiko Metals
LMR
1357000
766000
Robex Res.
RBX
563000
563000
Fission Uran.
FCU
1639457
541400
Largest decrease in short position
Coastal Gold
COD
0
-1160000
VVC Exploration
VVC
0
-1000000
Niocorp Dev.
NB
60836
-633600
First Bauxite
FBX
0
-300000
Pure Gold
PGM
226000
-254000
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