Posted By: Northern Miner Staff
October 9, 2013
Volume 99 Number 35 Oct 14 - 20, 2013
Spot prices
Courtesy of Scotiabank
Tuesday, October 8, 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
$13,851.00
-60
Lead
$2,090.50
31
Copper
$7,234.00
-5.5
Zinc
$1,887.25
9
LME warehouse levels
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, October 7, 2013 (change from September 30, 2013 in brackets):
Aluminium Alloy
61700
(-600)
Aluminium
5354025
(-26975)
Copper
523425
(-14600)
Lead
237300
(-2550)
Nickel
227928
(+1860)
Tin
13195
(-220)
Zinc
1009075
(+42650)
Producer and dealer prices
Antimony FOB China: Mid-mkt US$10,600.00/t Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$8.50/lb. Cadmium 99.9: Mid-mkt US$1.00/lb. Coal: CME Group Central Appalachian Coal Futures Nov. 2013: US$53.44; Dec. 2013: US$53.54 Cobalt 99.8: US$14.70/lb. Copper: Comex Copper Futures Nov. 2013: US$3.23/lb.; Comex Dec. 2013: $3.23/lb. Germanium: US$1,850/kg.; Germanium Dioxide: US$1,850/kg. Indium: NY Dealer Mid-mkt US$690.00/kg. Iridium: Mid-mkt US$686.96/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$9.65/lb. Rhodium: Mid-mkt US$995.65/tr. oz. Ruthenium: Mid-mkt US$59.30/tr. oz. Selenium: Mid-mkt US$32.00/lb. Silver: Base: US$21.85; Fabricated: US$26.22; Sterling: US$20.26 Tungsten: APT Tungstate FOB China mid-mkt: US$410.00 per mtu Uranium: U3O8, Trade Tech spot price: US$35.25/lb.; Uranium Exchange Co. spot price: US$35.25 Ferrovanadium: US$26.00/kg; Vanadium-Pentoxide: US$5.75-6.25/lb. Prices current Oct. 9, 2013
Daily metal prices
Date
7-Oct
4-Oct
3-Oct
2-Oct
1-Oct
BASE METALS
(London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Al Alloy
1775/1810
1785/1815
1790/1815
1795/1820
1770/1805
Aluminum
1790.50/1837
1789/1831
1785/1832
1773/1820
1785/1835.50
Copper
7170.50/7204
7147/7180
7215/7244.50
7155.50/7181.50
7218.50/7235
Lead
2027/2053
2026.50/2056
2046/2072
2033/2063.50
2052/2081.50
Nickel
13835/13890
13550/13635
13625/13695
13625/13700
13735/13800
Tin
23625/23650
22970/23000
22840/22865
22705/22725
23175/23220
Zinc
1828.50/1869.50
1830/1868.50
1840/1877
1827.50/1866
1852/1888
PRECIOUS METAL PRICES (London fix, US$ per troy oz.)
Gold AM
1311
1316
1309
1293.75
1332.25
Gold PM
1323.5
1309.75
1316
1306.25
1290.75
Silver
21.77
21.65
21.57
21.14
21.7
Platinum
1386
1386
1373
1389
1377
Palladium
697
706
706
715
719
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.
North American stock exchange indices
52-week
Date
7-Oct
4-Oct
3-Oct
2-Oct
1-Oct
High
Low
TSX Composite
12788.25
12758.65
12735.12
12839
12847
12964.86
11759.04
S&P/TSX-Ven Comp
947.52
955.36
943.85
947.33
942.04
1347.11
859.31
S&P TSX 60
733.83
732.02
730.19
736.05
736.88
743.41
672.36
Global Gold
172.78
169.17
170.38
172.93
171.47
348.05
154
TSX Metals & Mining
769.92
779.51
770.22
790.93
785.18
1050.76
662.2
Gold & Silver XAU
91.79
90.36
90.55
91.77
91.36
192.19
82.29
Amex Gold Bugs
226
221.66
222.67
225.27
224.26
514.55
206.66
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
184
74709
-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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