Metals, mining and money markets

LME warehouse levels
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, October 28, 2013 (change from October 21, 2013 in brackets):
Aluminium Alloy	61120	(-80)
Aluminium	5395900	(-11625)
Copper	478200	(-16650)
Lead	232925	(+100)
Nickel	234984	(+4224)
Tin	12940	(-70)
Zinc	1037775	(-18000)

Daily metal prices
Date	28-Oct	25-Oct	24-Oct	23-Oct	22-Oct
BASE METALS	(London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Al Alloy	1810/1845	1780/1820	1750/1800	1785/1820	1780/1820
Aluminum	1838.50/1885.50	1806.50/1854.50	1801/1847	1821/1869	1806.50/1854.50
Copper	7160/7175	7125.50/7134	7159.50/7170.50	7200/7215	7125.50/7134
Lead	2182.50/2204	2148.50/2172.50	2140.50/2164	2158.50/2179	2148.50/2172.50
Nickel	14455/14510	14380/14430	14400/14480	14575/14635	14380/14430
Tin	23205/23300	22820/22825	22840/22850	22900/22925	22820/22825
Zinc	1922/1960.50	1893.50/1928	1895/1930.50	1914/1948.50	1893.50/1928

PRECIOUS METAL PRICES (London fix, US$ per troy oz.)
Gold AM	1351	1341.75	1336.25	1333	1311.75
Gold PM	1361	1347.75	1344.75	1331.25	1333
Silver	22.54	22.35	22.67	22.53	22.06
Platinum	1462	1440	1447	1440	1432
Palladium	742	733	749	748	744

Exchange rates
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)
Date	28-Oct	25-Oct	24-Oct	23-Oct	22-Oct
US$ in C$	1.0445	1.045	1.0422	1.0385	1.0284
C$ in US$	0.9574	0.9569	0.9595	0.9629	0.9724

EXCHANGE RATES (Bank of Canada, Oct 28, 2013)
Currency	Aus $	Euro	Japan	Mex P	SA Rand	UK £
In C$	0.9994	1.4398	0.01069	0.08118	0.1062	1.6848
In US$	0.9568	1.3785	0.07772	0.01023	0.1017	1.613

Canadian gold mutual funds
Fund name	Oct. 28	Oct. 21	Change	Change	YTD	MER*	Assets*
	($)	($)	($)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(M$)
AGF Pr Mtl	19.58	18.09	-5.67	-31.3	-33.96	2.56	698.9
Altamira Pr & Str Mtl	10.15	9.11	-5.71	-62.7	-31.09	2.35	83.5
BMO Junior Gold Index ETF	8.11	7.26	-2.78	4.3	-42.54	0.58	108.4
BMO Pr Mtl	15.09	13.93	-2.75	-19.7	-32.86	2.29	133.6
CIBC Pr Mtl	10.97	9.97	-4.62	-46.3	-35.37	2.4	141.8
Dynamic Can Pr Mtl	6.93	6.32	-6.43	-101.7	-45.68	1.65	811.6
London Life Precious Mtl	20.99	19.18	-8.38	-43.7	-38.03	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	7.05	6.33	-12.38	-195.6	-40.79	2.48	8.5
RBC Global Pr Mtl	26.35	23.92	-3.19	-13.3	-33.83	2.04	1380.4
Sentry Pr Mtl Growth	31.86	28.39	2.76	9.7	-40.17	2.75	731.5
Sprott Gold and Pr Minls	29.06	26.41	-11.45	-43.4	-41.14	2.84	854
Sprott Gold and Pr Minls F	30.99	28.15	-10.69	-38	-40.68	1.78	n/a
TD Pr Mtl	33.02	29.94	-7.05	-23.5	-31.49	2.15	313.9
TD Pr Mtl-A	6.96	6.31	-7.18	-113.8	-31.6	2.31	n/a
iShares TSX Global Gold Index	11.82	10.62	-5.17	-48.7	-36.54	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	28-Oct	25-Oct	24-Oct	23-Oct	22-Oct	High	Low
TSX Composite	13371.84	13399.42	13324.75	13243.32	13248.06	13438.03	11759.04
S&P/TSX-Ven Comp	972.31	973.58	972.7	966.87	971.68	1322.05	859.31
S&P TSX 60	768.27	769.95	765.9	761.4	760.16	772.4	672.36
Global Gold	189.69	187.98	186.1	178.33	182.57	347.79	154
TSX Metals & Mining	835.47	841.75	840.54	818.78	841.51	1050.76	662.2
Gold & Silver XAU	99.72	99.04	95.35	97.92	93.96	188.41	82.29
Amex Gold Bugs	246.33	244.22	234.57	241.76	231.54	507.05	206.66

TSX short positions
Short positions outstanding at Oct. 15/13 (with changes from Sept. 30/13).
Largest short positions
Lundin Mining	LUN	64007948	109080
New Gold	NGD	47694124	-439817
Osisko Mining	OSK	36821556	-1457782
Turquoise Hill	TRQ	31324695	-168948
Kinross Gold	K	27580547	10545733
Tahoe Res.	THO	19986642	-191024
Barrick Gold	ABX	19726992	-1.3E+07
Thompson Creek	TCM	18590904	116195
B2gold	BTO	15745428	-446854
Dundee Prec.	DPM	15180876	-120774
Detour Gold	DGC	15068807	15043
Teck Resources	TCK.B	13615977	8171191
First Majestic	FR	13138605	33837
Eldorado Gold	ELD	11593310	5593671
Argonaut Gold	AR	10661920	-188342
Largest increase in short position
Kinross Gold	K	27580547	10545733
Teck Resources	TCK.B	13615977	8171191
Eldorado Gold	ELD	11593310	5593671
Potash Corp.	POT	9894300	4914335
Cameco	CCO	8499539	4407612
Largest decrease in short position
Barrick Gold	ABX	19726992	-1.3E+07
First Quantum	FM	8478836	-8888611
Iamgold	IMG	3764612	-4472557
Sulliden Gold	SUE	551958	-3328172
Silver Wheaton	SLW	5900458	-2595871

TSX Venture short positions
Short positions outstanding at Oct. 15/13 (with changes from Sept. 30/13).
Largest short positions
Fission Uranium	FCU	2651056	1029900
Tasman Metals	TSM	1029363	1029065
Great Western	GWG	836000	-20000
GPM Metals	GPM	797500	797500
Sunset Cove	SSM	614204	-146000
Barkerville Gold	BGM	526700	-749615
Mason Graphite	LLG	504500	303000
Roxgold	ROG	381889	247500
Pelangio	PX	337000	7000
Zenyatta	ZEN	318536	-47279
Malbex	MBG	300000	0
Sunridge Gold	SGC	282500	-174500
True North Gems	TGX	265000	265000
Gold Standard	GSV	253156	700
Azincourt Uranium	AAZ	244500	82500
Largest increase in short position
Fission Uranium	FCU	2651056	1029900
Tasman Metals	TSM	1029363	1029065
GPM Metals	GPM	797500	797500
Mason Graphite	LLG	504500	303000
True North Gems	TGX	265000	265000
Largest decrease in short position
Barkerville Gold	BGM	526700	-749615
Fancamp	FNC	311	-638000
Southern Arc	SA	0	-400500
Arianne Phosphate	DAN	9200	-393400
Eagle Hill	EAG	0	-362500