Posted By: Northern Miner Staff
October 23, 2013
Volume 99 Number 37 Oct 28 - Nov 3, 2013
Spot prices
Courtesy of Scotiabank
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change
Gold
$1,311.75
56.25
Silver
$22.06
1.57
Platinum
$1,425.00
57
Palladium
$745.00
38
Base Metals Price (US$/tonne) Change
Nickel
$14,800.00
485
Lead
$2,198.00
15
Copper
$7,319.75
88
Zinc
$1,961.25
22
LME warehouse levels
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, October 21, 2013 (change from October 15, 2013 in brackets):
Aluminium Alloy
61200
(-280)
Aluminium
5407525
(+64200)
Copper
494850
(-8575)
Lead
232825
(-850)
Nickel
230760
(-2570)
Tin
13010
(+230)
Zinc
1055775
(+68875)
Producer and dealer prices
Antimony FOB China: Mid-mkt US$10,500.00/t
Daily metal prices
Date 21-Oct 18-Oct 17-Oct 16-Oct 15-Oct
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Al Alloy
1795/1830
1780/1815
1785/1820
1770/1810
1800/1825
Aluminum
1807/1852.50
1808/1853.50
1795.50/1843
1786.50/1834.50
1804.50/1854
Copper
7225/7248
7241/7269
7171.50/7204.50
7158/7180
7185.50/7214.50
Lead
2157/2183
2158/2180.50
2127.50/2154
2103/2126
2111/2137.50
Nickel
14290/14340
14165/14210
13960/14030
13835/13910
13890/13950
Tin
22900/22900
22755/22800
22900/22895
22925/22945
23075/23075
Zinc
1906.50/1941.50
1907/1946
1885.50/1923.50
1858.50/1897.50
1886/1926
PRECIOUS METAL PRICES (London fix, US$ per troy oz.)
Gold AM
1316
1317
1308.5
1278.25
1255.5
Gold PM
1317.5
1316.5
1319.25
1273.5
1270.5
Silver
22.09
21.87
21.72
21.32
20.49
Platinum
1439
1438
1420
1392
1372
Palladium
746
737
723
708
707
Exchange rates
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)
Date 21-Oct 18-Oct 17-Oct 16-Oct 15-Oct
US$ in C$
1.0297
1.0287
1.0285
1.0345
1.0371
C$ in US$
0.9712
0.9721
0.9723
0.9667
0.9642
EXCHANGE RATES (Bank of Canada, Oct 21, 2013)
Currency Aus $ Euro Japan Mex P SA Rand UK £
In C$
0.9948
1.4077
0.01049
0.07945
0.1046
1.6628
In US$
0.9661
1.3671
0.01019
0.07716
0.1016
1.6148
Canadian gold mutual funds
Fund name Oct. 21 Oct. 14 Change Change YTD MER* Assets*
($) ($) ($) (%) (%) (%) (M$)
AGF Pr Mtl
18.09
18.22
-5.67
-31.1
-38.99
2.56
698.9
Altamira Pr & Str Mtl
9.11
9.24
-5.71
-61.8
-38.15
2.35
83.5
BMO Junior Gold Index ETF
7.26
7.3
-2.78
4.3
-48.54
0.58
108.4
BMO Pr Mtl
13.93
14.04
-2.75
-19.6
-38.02
2.29
133.6
CIBC Pr Mtl
9.97
10.11
-4.6
-45.7
-41.23
2.4
141.8
Dynamic Can Pr Mtl
6.32
6.48
-6.43
-99.2
-50.43
1.65
811.6
London Life Precious Mtl
19.18
19.09
-8.38
-43.9
-43.34
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
6.33
6.36
-12.38
-194.7
-46.8
2.48
8.5
RBC Global Pr Mtl
23.92
24.32
-3.19
-13.1
-39.93
2.04
1380.4
Sentry Pr Mtl Growth
28.39
28.74
2.76
9.6
-46.68
2.75
731.5
Sprott Gold and Pr Minls
26.41
27.23
-11.45
-42
-46.51
2.84
854
Sprott Gold and Pr Minls F
28.15
29.02
-10.69
-36.8
-46.11
1.78
n/a
TD Pr Mtl
29.94
30.13
-7.05
-23.4
-37.88
2.15
313.9
TD Pr Mtl-A
6.31
6.36
-7.18
-112.9
-37.98
2.31
n/a
iShares TSX Global Gold Index
10.62
10.54
-5.17
-49.1
-42.99
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 21-Oct 18-Oct 17-Oct 16-Oct 15-Oct High Low
TSX Composite
13186.53
13136.09
13036.36
12957.21
12931.46
13291.17
11759.04
S&P/TSX-Ven Comp
959.9
950.97
951.58
925.88
929.13
1322.05
859.31
S&P TSX 60
757.36
754.4
748.38
744.82
743.63
763.1
672.36
Global Gold
174.6
170.38
171.91
164.17
167.51
347.79
154
TSX Metals & Mining
809.29
798.41
785.13
776.39
780.24
1050.76
662.2
Gold & Silver XAU
93.96
92.17
92.67
88.22
89.4
188.41
82.29
Amex Gold Bugs
231.54
226.26
227.75
215.87
219.55
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
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