Volatility Continues in Markets and Precious Metals
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Today is Tuesday, February 22nd.
Since launching off US$1,780 per ounce at the end of January, the gold price has gone somewhat parabolic. This made the yellow metal susceptible to the sell-off last Thursday and Friday, which punched the price back down after trading above $1,900. On Sunday night, gold spiked back over $1,900 and has been trading in a volatile trading range based on the belief of a forthcoming military attack on Ukraine by Russia. As this is being written Monday night, gold is trading at $1.909 after hitting $1,916.
Silver similarly has been gyrating with the geopolitical news flow, trading between $23.70 per ounce and $24.20 between last Friday and now. Notwithstanding the news events driving the metals, the Mining Stock Journal commented that the metals have become technically overbought based on the RSI and MACD measures. This does not necessitate a sell-off, but the newsletter said it would be technically healthy for a consolidation pullback that would set-up the next move higher.
The GDX has run up 15% since February 3rd. It has also stretched well above its 200 dma. As with the metals, the Mining Stock Journal said it expects some sort of pullback in the miners, though for now the geopolitical news flow will dictate the price action in the sector
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And here’s what you need to know this morning….
Bluestone Resources released a feasibility study for its open pit Cerro Blanco gold-silver project in Guatemala to produce an average annual production of 197,000 ounces over its 14-year life with peak production of 347,000oz following an initial capital investment of US$572 million. The project would yield an after-tax net present value of US$1.047 billion at a 5% discount rate and an internal rate of return of 30%, rising to 40% at spot prices. The company plans to commence detailed engineering and initiate the construction of a bridge and powerline as well as preparing for early works ahead of project development, which is scheduled for early 2023. Bluestone Resources trades on the TSXV under BSR and on the OTCQB under BBSRF. News release
Centerra Gold entered into an agreement to acquire the Goldfield project from Waterton Global Asset Management for US$206.5 million comprising $175 million in cash at closing and $31.5 million in future milestone payment payable in cash or Centerra shares. Goldfield is a conventional open-pit, heap leach project in late-stage development which contains the Gemfield, Goldfield Main and McMahon Ridge deposits. Centerra plans to release a resource estimate in the first half of 2023 and an updated feasibility study thereafter. Centerra has five active exploration joint ventures in the US and six in Canada. Centerra Gold trades on the TSX under CG and on the NYSE under CGAU. News release
Ascot Resources announced the remaining assay results from the 2021 drill program at its Premier gold project in the Golden Triangle of British Columbia, Canada. These drill holes targeted areas of early stopes at the Big Missouri deposit with the aim of refining stope geometry and orientation as well as expanding stope shapes where possible and gathering additional grade information. Highlights included 8m grading 27.52 grams per tonne gold and 11.40g/t silver from a depth of 68.4m in hole 2379. Big Missouri is the first deposit Ascot is planning to mine this year. The company said gold was intercepted at or close to the expected elevations which is critical for correct planning of the development drifts with these new drill holes tightening the drill spacing and providing additional pierce points from which to refine the stope shapes. Ascot Resources trades on the TSX under AOT and on the OTCQX under AOTVF. News release
Elemental Royalties said it generated revenue of about US$2.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 on sales of about 1,300 attributable gold equivalent ounces from royalty contracts. For the full year 2021, Elemental's preliminary revenue is a record $6.6 million, representing its fourth successive year of record revenue, as sales grew to about 3,700 GEOs. While the company is finalizing its 2022 guidance, it believes it will significantly increase its guidance compared to 2021, predominantly due to a full year of commercial production at Capricorn Metals’ Karlawinda mine in Australia. Elemental is in the process of defending a hostile takeover bid from Gold Royalty and reiterated its recommendation for its shareholders to reject the bid. Elemental Royalties trades on the TSXV under ELE and on the OTCQX under ELEMF. News release
Aurelius Minerals reported the final drill results from its flagship Aureus East gold project in Nova Scotia. The results come from six drill holes and two wedge holes. Multiple high-grade intersections including 73.4 g/t Au over 0.65 metres, 65.9 g/t Au over 0.95m, 56.2 g/t Au over 0.55m, 46.7 g/t Au over 1.00m and 20.8 g/t Au over 1.60m. Gold mineralization continues to expand along strike, in width, at depth and remains open in all directions. 100% of the Phase 2 drill holes successfully intersected gold mineralization. While a new mineral resource estimate is expected in April of this year, the company also moves its near-term focus to a recently initiated underground channel sampling and mapping program. Aurelius believes there is considerable opportunity to identify continuous mineralization directly adjacent to the existing underground development infrastructure. Aurelius Minerals trades on the TSX V with AUL and on the OTCQB with AURQF. News Release
Banyan Gold shared new results from 21 diamond drill holes at the Powerline deposit at its AurMac property in Yukon, Canada. Highlights were 59.5m grading 0.71 g/t gold from surface and 55.2m grading 1.02 g/t. In 2021, step-out drilling to the east and west of the Powerline deposit identified a near/on-surface gold trend that is interpreted to have grade continuity over 1.2km of strike length. A section of this zone has been drilled at 25m centres, along cardinal and intercardinal directions, over a 200 m x 200 m area to test the continuity of mineralization along strike and down dip, which will be used to refine the geological/mineralization model of the Powerline deposit in advance of an updated mineral resource the Company is planning to complete in 2022. Banyan Gold trades on the TSX Venture with BYN and on the OTCQB with BYAGF. News Release
That concludes today’s morning briefing.
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