Shares
in junior miner Excelsior Gold were pummelled today after the company's new board revealed the full extent of operational issues at its flagship Kalgoorlie North mine.
Jay introduces the program, gives updates on sponsors, talks about Chen Lin's newsletter and says it is difficult to invest
in junior miners.
Not exact matches
In addition to such operating improvements, another source of value improvement could be consolidation of the
junior gold
miners via mergers or acquisitions, particularly by senior producers seeking to replenish their reserves.
THE level of exploration activity being undertaken by
junior miners in Africa is increasing, with Burkina Faso
in particular coming more into focus as a promising gold producer.
Sprott bought stocks
in several
junior miners, two of which — Kirkland Lake Gold and Newmarket Gold — merged to form a significant mid-market player
in September 2016.
They also bought $ 25 - million (U.S.) worth of call options on the Market Vectors
Junior Gold
Miners ETF (GDXJ), leveraging their position beyond the two million shares they already held
in the ETF.
SHRINKING profit margins and dwindling cash balances
in the
junior mining sector are not only putting pressure on
miners, but also those who provide key services to the sector.
Iron ore
miner Pluton Resources has settled proceedings against
junior secured creditor Rizhao Port Group Logistics, which includes the removal of receivers appointed by Rizhao
in disputed circumstances last month.
West Perth - based
junior miner African Energy Resources has farmed out a 51 per cent stake
in its Sese coal and power project
in Botswana to a Vancouver - based firm for $ 8 million.
Junior miner Kidman Resources has tapped investors for $ 21 million to fund exploration work at its gold and lithium deposits
in the Goldfields.
Junior miner Jameson Resources says it has received firm commitments for a $ 2 million capital raising to fund work at its flagship Crown Mountain coking coal project
in British Columbia.
The state government has announced a $ 40 million package to reduce charges at the Utah Point bulk handling facility by up to $ 2.50 per tonne,
in an effort to help
junior miners continue to export iron ore.
Coupled with sinking commodity prices and general investor shyness around
junior miners, Ivanplats will have to convince investors to pry open their wallets for a piece of a project with unknown potential located
in the high - risk Congolese jungle.
Paul has investments
in 23 other
miners — many of them small Canadian risky «
juniors» — so it's doubtful he's doing much better with the rest of the portfolio.
Junior miner Red 5 has suspended milling operations at its Siana gold mine
in the Philippines after its damaged tailings dam was deemed unrecoverable.
The $ 1.97 billion Market Vectors
Junior Gold
Miners ETF (NYSEArca: GDXJ) was also caught
in the sell - off, tallying losses of 9.15 percent on average daily trading volume that neared 3 million shares.
The U.S. Global GO GOLD and Precious Metal
Miners ETF (GOAU) seeks to provide investors with exposure to the gold industry by investing in both junior and senior metal miners with strong balance sheets and high revenue per emp
Miners ETF (GOAU) seeks to provide investors with exposure to the gold industry by investing
in both
junior and senior metal
miners with strong balance sheets and high revenue per emp
miners with strong balance sheets and high revenue per employee.
The VanEck Vectors
Junior Gold
Miners ETF (GDXJ) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the MVIS Global
Junior Gold
Miners Index, which is intended to track the overall performance of small - capitalization companies that are involved primarily
in the mining for gold and / or silver.
Like the move that began
in late 2015, it seems that some of the
junior miners per GDXJ have gotten the party going.
Safety / Fluctuations of principal / return: Loss of money is a risk of investing
in the U.S. Global GO GOLD and Precious Metal
Miners ETF (GOAU), VanEck Vectors Gold
Miners ETF (GDX) and VanEck Vectors
Junior Gold
Miners ETF (GDXJ).
In a bear market for
junior miners, exploration capital can be hard to come by.
By: Victor Moolman 21st October 2016 Mining equipment supplier Tenova Takraf Africa is offering
junior miners in the surface mining industry a tailor - made package that will help new mining operations produce State - owned power utility Eskom - grade coal.
Holdings
in the funds mentioned as a percentage of net assets as of 09/04/2014: Alamos Gold, Inc. (0.04 % World Precious Minerals Fund); Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (2.11 % Global Resources Fund); Argonaut Gold (0.00 %); AuRico Gold, Inc. (1.85 %
in Gold and Precious Metals Fund, 0.41 % World Precious Minerals Fund); B2Gold Corp. (0.00 %); Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd. (1.59 % Global Resources Fund); Cimarex Energy Co. (1.80 % Global Resources Fund); Detour Gold Corp. (0.00 %); Deutsche Bank (0.00 %); Devon Energy Corp. (1.82 % Global Resources Fund); JUMBO S.A. (0.00 %); Klondex Mines, Ltd. (7.76 % Gold and Precious Metals Fund, 7.51 % World Precious Minerals Fund, 1.22 % Global Resources Fund); Market Vectors
Junior Gold
Miners ETF (0.16 % Gold and Precious Metals Fund, 0.17 % World Precious Minerals Fund); Peyto Exploration & Development Corp. (1.31 % Global Resources Fund); Primero Mining Corp. (0.05 % Gold and Precious Metals Fund, 0.02 % World Precious Minerals Fund); Suncor Energy, Inc. (2.13 % Global Resources Fund); Tsakos Energy Navigation, Ltd. (0.00 %); Türk Telekom (0.00 %); Turkcell (1.79 % Emerging Europe Fund).
One of the main reasons we're so fond of the stock is that
in 2013, when the Market Vectors
Junior Gold
Miners Index was down 61 percent, Klondex was up 28 percent.
Similarly, I plunged into the
junior gold
miners ETFs
in late 2015 by way of the GDXJ, and within eight months, it had advanced 170 %.
I do hold VanEck Vectors
Junior Gold
Miners ETF (GDXJ), which may hold some of the companies mentioned
in this article.
Investors were completely confident
in the hot momentum stocks (like the banks) but were not terribly confident
in the inflation beneficiaries like the gold
miners, whose
junior brethren were largely domiciled on the TSX.V.
I discussed this
in depth
in a Morning Note on March 12th titled, «What the Gigafactory Means for the
Junior Miners».
Holdings
in the Gold and Precious Metals Fund (USERX), World Precious Minerals Fund (UNWPX) and Global Resources Fund (PSPFX) as a percentage of net assets as of 6/30/2014: Atico Mining Corp. (USERX 1.03 %, UNWPX 0.52 %)-RRB-; Avala Resources Ltd. 0.00 %; Barrick Gold Corp. (PSPFX 0.02 %); Coeur Mining Inc. (USERX 0.24 %, UNWPX 0.24 %); Comstock Mining Inc. (USERX 3.57 %, UNWPX 2.12 %); Detour Gold Corp. (USERX 4.94 %, UNWPX 1.85 %); Dunav Resources Corp. 0.00 %; Dundee Precious Metals Inc. (PSPFX 0.49 %, USEX 5.15 %, UNWPX 3.16 %); Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. (USERX 1.14 %, UNWPX 0.36 %); Franco - Nevada Corp. (PSPFX 2.21 %, USERX 2.45 %, UNWPX 1.16 %); Fresnillo Plc 0.00 %; Goldcorp Inc. (USERX 0.07 %, UNWPX 0.07 %); Gran Colombia Gold Corp. (PSPFX 3.20 %, USERX 5.54 %, UNWPX 6.54 %); Kinross Gold Corp. (USERX 0.14 %, UNWPX 0.05 %); Klondex Mines Ltd. (PSPFX 1.34 %, USERX 6.58 %, UNWPX 6.60 %); Market Vectors
Junior Gold
Miners ETF (USERX 0.55 %, UNWPX 0.55 %); Newmont Mining Corp. (PSPFX 0.01 %, USERX 0.12 %, UNWPX 0.11 %); Northern Star Resources Ltd. (USERX 2.50 %, UNWPX 0.24 %); Orex Minerals Inc. (UNWPX 1.27 %); Osisko Mining Corp. 0.00 %; Pretium Resources Inc. (UNWPX 3.07 %); Randgold Resources Ltd. (USERX 2.09 %, UNWPX 1.34 %); Royal Gold Inc. (PSPFX 2.18 %, USERX 3.14 %, UNWPX 0.91 %); Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. 0.00 %; SEMAFO Inc. (USERX 3.27 %, UNWPX 1.13 %); Virginia Mines Inc. (UNWPX 5.48 %)
The best
junior miners have a major partner who has agreed to pay for the drilling or other exploration or development,
in exchange for an interest
in the property.
Unfortunately,
junior miners are often
in need of cash based solely on inferred resources, which are really just someone's «best guess» of what happens to be
in the ground at the time.
For our recent report on a Canadian penny stock with a big project
in progress, read
Junior miner aims for big payoff
in the Yukon
In trading on Thursday, the
Junior Gold
Miners ETF (GDXJ) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.5 % on the day.
The volatile nature of commodity prices adds to the risk of stocks and funds
in this category, which invest
in higher risk, less liquid stocks, such as small oil and gas companies and
junior miners.
That doesn't surprise me really — I'm sure if you plugged
in most other
junior miners right now, they would probably show the same rating.
Meanwhile, the market is anticipating the rebalance by selling down
junior miners held
in the GDXJ.
The Market Vectors Global
Junior Gold
Miners Index includes companies that generate at least 50 % of their revenues from (or,
in certain circumstances, have at least 50 % of their assets related to) gold mining and / or silver mining or have mining projects with the potential to generate at least 50 % of their revenues from gold and / or silver when developed.
This is seen
in the high level of dividends paid out pre-2009 (almost unique among the
junior miners), while since 2009 I would consider that management have righted the ship as quickly and efficiently as possible.
But Smitheman says it's unfair to expect
junior miners to invest large sums
in consultation ahead of exploratory work,
in the same way a larger, more established company might.
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