Posted By: Northern Miner Staff
January 23, 2013
Volume 98 Number 50 Jan 28 - Feb 3, 2013
Spot prices
Courtesy of Scotiabank
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Precious Metals
Price (US$/oz.)
Change
Gold
$1,692.50
11.5
Silver
$31.94
0.75
Platinum
$1,686.00
-11
Palladium
$717.00
2
Base Metals
Price (US$/tonne)
Change
Nickel
$17,450.00
59
Lead
$2,320.50
21.25
Copper
$8,102.75
48
Zinc
$2,042.75
11
LME warehouse levels
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, January 21, 2013 (change from January 14, 2013 in brackets):
Aluminium Alloy
87600
(-140)
Aluminium
5177475
(-6150)
Copper
345525
(+15800)
Lead
294500
(-7025)
Nickel
148020
(+960)
Tin
12930
(+230)
Zinc
1222850
(+6925)
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 February 2013: US$56.22; March 2013: US$56.97 Cobalt: Recent trades US$11.50-12.80/lb. Copper: Comex Copper Futures February 2013: US$3.69/lb.; Comex March 2013: $3.70/lb. Indium: NY Dealer Mid-mkt US$497.50/kg. Iridium: J. Matthey Base Mid-mkt US$1,000.00/tr. oz. Magnesium: Mid-mkt US$3,000.00/t. Manganese: Mid-mkt US$2,345.00/t. Mercury: Mid-mkt US$1,850.00/flask (76 lb.). Molybdenum: Oxide, recent trades US$11.81-11.94/lb. Rhodium: Mid-mkt US$1,092.50/tr. oz. Ruthenium: Mid-mkt US$75.00/tr. oz. Selenium: Mid-mkt US$45.00/lb. Silver: Base: US$32.20; Fabricated: US$38.63.; Sterling: N.A. Tantalum: Ta2O5 ore, mid-mkt US$125/lb. CIF China Tin: Kuala Lumpur Tin Market, US$25.12/kg Tungsten: APT Tungstate FOB China mid-mkt: US$310.00 per mtu Uranium: U3O8, Trade Tech spot price: US$42.50/lb.; Uranium Exchange Co. spot price: N.A. Ferrovanadium: Free Market V2O5, recent trades US$6.00-6.50/lb.; US Ferrovanadium: US$14.70-15.00 Prices current Jan. 23, 2013
Daily metal prices
Date
21-Jan
18-Jan
17-Jan
16-Jan
15-Jan
BASE METALS
(London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Al Alloy
1790/1820
1839/1870
1791/1849
1790/1822
1790/1820
Aluminum
2000.50/2040
2021/2057
2003/2039.50
1990.50/2032
2002/2040.50
Copper
8020/8051
8050/8084
7925/7959.50
7910/7939
7944/7970
Lead
2295.50/2302
2317/2320.50
2269/2266
2254/2258
2257/2266
Nickel
17360/17425
17610/17695
17380/17460
17280/17375
17180/17220
Tin
25020/24975
25080/25050
25150/25100
24890/24755
24780/24800
Zinc
2018/2035
2028/2045
1973/1995
1941.50/1970
1954/1984
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PRECIOUS METAL PRICES (London fix, US$ per troy oz.)
Gold AM
1688
1690
1683.25
1679.75
1681
Gold PM
1687.5
1688.5
1675
1676.25
1680.5
Silver
31.9
31.82
31.5
31.23
31.19
Platinum
1671
1677
1683
1678
1690
Palladium
715
722
725
714
709
Exchange rates
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)
Date
21-Jan
18-Jan
17-Jan
16-Jan
15-Jan
US$ in C$
0.9933
0.9937
0.9853
0.985
0.9839
C$ in US$
1.0067
1.0063
1.0149
1.0152
1.0164
Currency
Aus $
Euro
Japan
Mex P
SA Rand
UK £
In C$
1.0444
1.3225
0.0107
0.07821
0.1121
1.5717
In US$
1.0514
1.3314
0.01113
0.07874
0.1129
1.5823
Canadian gold mutual funds
Fund name
Jan. 21
Jan .14
Change
Change
YTD
MER*
Assets*
($)
($)
($)
(%)
(%)
(%)
(M$)
AGF Pr Mtl
29.89
29.53
-5.67
-19.2
0.71
2.56
698.9
Altamira Pr & Str Mtl
14.66
14.47
-5.71
-39.5
-0.54
2.35
83.5
BMO Junior Gold Index ETF
13.7
13.81
-2.78
4.3
-2.89
0.58
108.4
BMO Pr Mtl
22.54
22.3
-2.75
-12.3
-0.28
2.29
133.6
CIBC Pr Mtl
16.69
16.75
-4.62
-27.6
-16.8
2.4
141.8
Dynamic Can Pr Mtl
12.01
12.59
-6.43
-51.1
-5.8
1.65
811.6
London Life Pr Mtl (MX)
33.79
33.48
-8.38
-25
-0.24
3.37
259.2
Mackenzie Un Pr Mtl C$
16.09
15.93
-7.63
-47.9
-0.18
2.44
569.9
Middlefield Precious Metals
11.77
11.77
-12.38
-105.2
-1.14
2.48
8.5
Quadrus Mack Un Pr Mtl
18.53
18.36
-7.72
-42
-0.19
2.7
66.7
RBC Global Pr Mtl
39.88
39.36
-3.19
-8.1
0.14
2.04
1380.4
Sentry Pr Mtl Growth
52.69
52.31
2.76
5.3
-1.06
2.75
731.5
Sprott Gold and Pr Minls
49.54
49.43
-11.45
-23.2
-0.34
2.84
854
Sprott Gold and Pr Minls F
52.48
52.31
-10.69
-20.4
-0.4
1.78
n/a
TD Pr Mtl
48.83
47.97
-7.05
-14.7
1.31
2.15
313.9
TD Pr Mtl-A
10.32
10.13
-7.18
-70.9
1.3
2.31
n/a
iShares Can Gold Sector Index
18.53
18.38
-5.17
-28.1
1.62
0.55
1063.3
Featured fund: Altamira Precious Metals as of 12/31/12 (in weighted order): Yamana Gold, Goldcorp, AuRico Gold, Barrick Gold, Silver Wheaton, Eldorado Gold, Argonaut Gold, Franco-Nevada Corp., Dundee Precious Metals, Alacer Gold. Fund manager: Jean-Philippe Choquette.
North American stock exchange indices
52-week
Date
21-Jan
18-Jan
17-Jan
16-Jan
15-Jan
High
Low
TSX Composite
12794.25
12725.69
12674.73
12608.82
12641.97
12798.92
11209.55
S&P/TSX-Ven Comp
1236.6
1235.32
1233.15
1230.2
1231.79
1696.14
1153.9
S&P TSX 60
735.09
730.27
726.61
723.23
725.42
735.29
637.7
Global Gold
296.93
295.56
294.18
295.33
296.59
395.64
265.99
TSX Metals & Mining
1039.47
1035.21
1030.51
1023.21
1040.02
1258.22
781.13
Gold & Silver XAU
N/A
161.34
161.52
162.43
163.53
204.97
140.94
Amex Gold Bugs
N/A
429.85
429.09
431.03
434.42
554.92
372.74
TSX short positions
Short positions outstanding at Jan. 15/13 (with changes from Dec. 31/12).
Largest short positions
Lundin Mining
LUN
60846177
771878
New Gold
NGD
54961510
871458
Osisko Mining
OSK
28121647
1077752
Aurico Gold
AUQ
27627225
3984
Uranium One
UUU
27036807
15526993
Dundee Prec.
DPM
23684918
-52898
B2gold
BTO
19356899
1405854
Thompson Creek
TCM
17990584
-599740
Turquoise Hill
TRQ
17596815
-2174454
Tahoe Res
THO
16781394
98760
Barrick Gold
ABX
14809717
-1891775
Iamgold
IMG
13966650
689476
Yamana Gold
YRI
12019433
1825045
Teck Resources
TCK.B
10957674
1708158
Detour Gold
DGC
10731505
-163062
Largest increase in short position
Uranium One
UUU
27036807
15526993
Aurizon Mines
ARZ
7163002
3664361
Nautilus Min.
NUS
2703700
2517000
Paladin Energy
PDN
3198309
2294400
Yamana Gold
YRI
12019433
1825045
Largest decrease in short position
Eldorado Gold
ELD
2743698
-1E+07
Argonaut Gold
AR
6802461
-4518601
Silver Wheaton
SLW
3615946
-3622539
First Quantum
FM
8231622
-2902759
Turquoise Hill
TRQ
17596815
-2174454
TSX Venture short positions
Short positions outstanding at Nov. 30/12 (with changes from Nov. 15/12).
Largest short positions
Barkerville Gold
BGM
2662417
0
Probe Mines
PRB
1337247
384800
Kaminak Gold
KAM
997671
-76300
Great Western Mls
GWG
963155
-931675
Orko Silver
OK
931868
-2100
Galway Metals
GWM
836400
836400
Rockridge Capital
RRC
834800
833500
Brixton Metals
BBB
830000
827000
Aurcana
AUN
807005
248500
Encanto Potash
EPO
806022
782570
Sandstorm Metals
SND
628047
454606
Creso Exploration
CXT
627000
497000
Metals Creek
MEK
531000
520000
Bear Creek Mining
BCM
466906
-14048
Northern Graphite
NGC
420728
-12558
Largest increase in short position
Galway Metals
GWM
836400
836400
Rockridge Capital
RRC
834800
833500
Brixton Metals
BBB
830000
827000
Encanto Potash
EPO
806022
782570
Metals Creek
MEK
531000
520000
Largest decrease in short position
Cerro Resources
CJO
0
-2740187
Abzu Gold
ABS
500
-1153346
Comstock Metals
CSL
26425
-1003650
Great Western
GWG
963155
-931675
Colt Resources
GTP
2500
-645500
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