Posted By: Northern Miner Staff
February 20, 2013
Volume 99 Number 2 Feb 25 - Mar 3, 2013
Spot prices
Courtesy of Scotiabank
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Precious Metals
Price (US$/oz.)
Change
Gold
$1,613.50
-28.25
Silver
$30.00
-0.84
Platinum
$1,695.00
3
Palladium
$766.00
11
Base Metals
Price (US$/tonne)
Change
Nickel
$17,431.00
-465
Lead
$2,383.25
-15.5
Copper
$8,051.50
-69
Zinc
$2,151.00
0
LME warehouse levels
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, February 18, 2013 (change from February 11, 2013 in brackets):
Aluminium Alloy
85620
(-320)
Aluminium
5156820
(+6670)
Copper
404300
(+4525)
Lead
288425
(+425)
Nickel
153270
(-426)
Tin
13450
(+85)
Zinc
1191050
(+450)
Producer and dealer prices
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$11,800.00/t Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$8.50/lb. Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.91/lb. Coal: CME Group Central Appalachian Coal Futures March 2013: US$59.43; April 2013: US$59.63 Cobalt: Recent trades US$11.50-12.70/lb. Copper: Comex Copper Futures March 2013: US$3.60/lb.; Comex April 2013: $3.61/lb. Indium: NY Dealer Mid-mkt US$492.50/kg. Iridium: J. Matthey Base Mid-mkt US$1,000.00/tr. oz. Magnesium: Mid-mkt US$2,950.00/t. Manganese: Mid-mkt US$2,375.00/t. Mercury: Mid-mkt US$1,850.00/flask (76 lb.). Molybdenum: Oxide, recent trades US$11.20-11.34/lb. Rhodium: Mid-mkt US$1,200.00/tr. oz. Ruthenium: Mid-mkt US$75.00/tr. oz. Selenium: Mid-mkt US$45.00/lb. Silver: Base: US$28.66; Fabricated: US$34.39; Sterling: US$26.57 Tantalum: Ta2O5 ore, mid-mkt US$125/lb. CIF China Tin: Kuala Lumpur Tin Market, US$24.05/kg Tungsten: APT Tungstate FOB China mid-mkt: US$310.00 per mtu Uranium: U3O8, Trade Tech spot price: US$43.00/lb.; Uranium Exchange Co. spot price: N.A. Ferrovanadium: Free Market V2O5, recent trades US$6.00-6.50/lb.; US Ferrovanadium: US$14.70-15.00 Prices current Feb. 20, 2013
Daily metal prices
Date
18-Feb
15-Feb
14-Feb
13-Feb
12-Feb
BASE METALS
(London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Al Alloy
1970/2000
1890/1920
1870/1900
1850/1880
1825/1850
Aluminum
2085.50/2130
2122.50/2165
2114/2159.50
2087/2130
2059/2099.50
Copper
8075/8111
8198/8235
8196.50/8234.50
8220.50/8260
8184/8215
Lead
2395/2416
2403.50/2414
2400/2410
2422/2434
2375/2386
Nickel
17930/18005
18230/18300
18285/18350
18275/18370
18280/18325
Tin
24695/24650
24900/24900
24775/24775
24900/24900
24920/24900
Zinc
2132.50/2167
2167.50/2189
2164.50/2192
2187/2213
2164/2190
PRECIOUS METAL PRICES (London fix, US$ per troy oz.)
Gold AM
1611.25
1629.25
1644
1648
1641.75
Gold PM
1610.75
1612.25
1646
1645
4647.5
Silver
30
30.18
30.88
31.04
30.84
Platinum
1692
1676
1724
1730
1708
Palladium
759
754
770
773
765
Exchange rates
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)
Date
18-Feb
15-Feb
14-Feb
13-Feb
12-Feb
US$ in C$
N/A
1.007
1.0008
1.002
1.0029
C$ in US$
N/A
0.993
0.9992
0.998
0.9971
EXCHANGE RATES (Bank of Canada, October 15, 2012)
Currency
Aus $
Euro
Japan
Mex P
SA Rand
UK £
In C$
1.0376
1.3455
0.01075
0.07936
0.1137
1.5626
In US$
1.0304
1.3361
0.01068
0.07881
0.1129
1.5517
Canadian gold mutual funds
Fund name
Feb. 18
Feb. 11
Change
Change
YTD
MER*
Assets*
($)
($)
($)
(%)
(%)
(%)
(M$)
AGF Pr Mtl
25.87
28.11
-5.67
-20.2
-12.84
2.56
698.9
Altamira Pr & Str Mtl
12.79
13.88
-5.71
-41.1
-13.17
2.35
83.5
BMO Junior Gold Index ETF
11.56
12.85
-2.78
4.3
-18.07
0.58
108.4
BMO Pr Mtl
19.19
21.03
-2.75
-13.1
-14.63
2.29
133.6
CIBC Pr Mtl
14.4
15.8
td>
-4.62
-29.2
-15.16
2.4
141.8
Dynamic Can Pr Mtl
10.04
11.31
-6.43
-56.9
-21.25
1.65
811.6
London Life Pr Mtl (MX)
29.24
31.62
-8.38
-26.5
-13.67
3.37
259.2
Mackenzie Un Pr Mtl C$
13.93
15.06
-7.63
-50.7
-13.56
2.44
569.9
Middlefield Precious Metals
9.96
10.88
-12.38
-113.8
-16.31
2.48
8.5
Quadrus Mack Un Pr Mtl
16.05
17.35
-7.72
-44.5
-13.59
2.7
66.7
RBC Global Pr Mtl
34.48
37.62
-3.19
-8.5
-13.42
2.04
1380.4
Sentry Pr Mtl Growth
44.7
49.52
2.76
5.6
-16.07
2.75
731.5
Sprott Gold and Pr Minls
42.17
46.34
-11.45
-24.7
-14.58
2.84
854
Sprott Gold and Pr Minls F
44.7
49.1
-10.69
-21.8
-14.45
1.78
n/a
TD Pr Mtl
43.07
46.3
-7.05
-15.2
-10.64
2.15
313.9
TD Pr Mtl-A
9.1
9.78
-7.18
-73.4
-10.67
2.31
n/a
iShares Can Gold Sector Index
16.43
17.53
-5.17
-29.5
-13.08
0.55
1063.3
Featured fund: BMO Precious Metals as of 01/31/13 (in weighted order): Barrick Gold, Perseus Mining, Silver Wheaton, Goldcorp, Franco-Nevada, Kinross Gold, Osisko Mining, Sandstorm Gold, Virginia Mines, Centerra Gold, Continental Gold, PMI Gold. Fund manager: Mark Serdan.
North American stock exchange indices
52-week
Date
18-Feb
15-Feb
14-Feb
13-Feb
12-Feb
High
Low
TSX Composite
N/A
12778.83
12686.63
12721.79
12775.28
12895.28
11209.55
S&P/TSX-Ven Comp
N/A
1185.65
1196.56
1204.28
1198.94
1696.14
1153.9
S&P TSX 60
N/A
728
730.47
733.63
734.3
742.39
637.7
Global Gold
N/A
264.47
272.92
271.82
276.31
393.13
263.58
TSX Metals & Mining
N/A
965.51
978.13
977.03
975.11
1214.45
781.13
Gold & Silver XAU
N/A
143.9
148.82
148.36
150.62
204.12
140.94
Amex Gold Bugs
N/A
379.21
393.43
390.72
398.42
554.01
372.74
TSX short positions
Short positions outstanding at Jan. 31/12 (with changes from Jan. 15/13).
Largest short positions
Lundin Mining
LUN
63788662
2942485
New Gold
NGD
56147782
1186272
Kinross Gold
K
38283762
29610034
Osisko Mining
OSK
28489363
367716
Aurico Gold
AUQ
25244111
-2383114
Yamana Gold
YRI
24314792
12295359
Dundee Prec.
DPM
23293835
-391083
B2gold
BTO
22139573
2782674
Thompson Creek
TCM
18200933
210349
Cameco
CCO
18011503
11034137
Turquoise Hill
TRQ
17579212
-17603
Tahoe Res.
THO
16869594
88200
Iamgold
IMG
16098845
2132195
Teck Resources
TCK.B
12291621
1333947
Potash Corp
POT
12014634
9865014
Largest increase in short position
Kinross Gold
K
38283762
29610034
Yamana Gold
YRI
24314792
12295359
Cameco
CCO
18011503
11034137
Potash Corp
POT
12014634
9865014
Silver Wheaton
SLW
10537018
6921072
Largest decrease in short position
Uranium One
UUU
6447692
-2.1E+07
Barrick Gold
ABX
3742807
-1.1E+07
Aurizon Mines
ARZ
4374702
-2788300
Agnico-Eagle
AEM
3333727
-2452249
Aurico Gold
AUQ
25244111
-2383114
TSX Venture short positions
Short positions outstanding at Jan. 31/13 (with changes from Jan. 15/13).
Largest short positions
Barkerville Gold
BGM
2702117
39700
Probe Mines
PRB
1166785
-170462
Great Western Min
GWG
1089955
126800
Kaminak Gold
KAM
1080535
82864
Aurcana
AUN
1011531
204526
Fancamp Expl.
FNC
924000
813000
Malbex Resources
MBG
850000
720000
Calibre Mining
CXB
805190
801190
Raging River
RRX
782836
615299
Majestic Gold
MJS
761903
741044
Cerro Resources
CJO
500000
500000
Bear Creek Mining
BCM
464533
-2373
Mart Resources
MMT
405327
21725
Argex Titanium
RGX
391584
-19898
Oremex Silver
OAG
361680
177680
Largest increase in short position
Fancamp Exploration
FNC
924000
813000
Calibre Mining
CXB
805190
801190
Majestic Gold
MJS
761903
741044
Malbex Resources
MBG
850000
720000
Raging River
RRX
782836
615299
Largest decrease in short position
Orko Silver
OK
63214
-868654
Galway Metals
GWM
0
-836400
Rockridge Capital
RRC
1900
-832900
Brixton Metals
BBB
7166
-822834
Encanto Potash
EPO
142212
-663810
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