Garpal Gumnut
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Only Gold producer so far on track to meet guidance comfortably is WGX (per their recent positive forecast release).. also, substantial holder notice came on board as of yesterday.And there's a view that gold is suffering from its own stagflation; has traded narrowly and not retested pre-Ukraine high while AISC are rising relentlessly.
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Except no financials to accompany the "bumper" report from Westgold. AISC is accounting witchcraft.Only Gold producer so far on track to meet guidance comfortably is WGX (per their recent positive forecast release).. also, substantial holder notice came on board as of yesterday.
Not a bad view to have. JBHI-FI can pass along cost increases to the customer pretty easily. How does westgold, newcrest, northern star, etc. pass along wage increases, diesel increases, consumable prices increases, fifo food cost increases? Answer: They don't.I must admit I'm avoiding Gold Stocks until all the general issues affecting miners such as supply chain, geopolitics etc. are more predictable.
Gold itself I may accumulate if it falls in AUD. So far I'm ahead on my "gold insurance".
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am not so sure JBH has that sort of luxury either going forward , but MOST miners ( the base metal ones ) are looking at reasonably high prizes , another factor is the Australian dollar ( for some of them ) a weak 'Holy Dollar ' is a good thing unless they are upgrading plant , it is always a balancing act with miners , some can cut costs by decreasing exploration or brownfield development on a temporary basisNot a bad view to have. JBHI-FI can pass along cost increases to the customer pretty easily. How does westgold, newcrest, northern star, etc. pass along wage increases, diesel increases, consumable prices increases, fifo food cost increases? Answer: They don't.
The US, UK, Japan and Canada plan to announce a ban on new gold imports from Russia during a summit of Group of Seven leaders that’s getting underway Sunday.
I've been looking at the POG and following the war in Europe and the shenanigans in the USA, China and Russia. All three empires seem strangely unstable, and not that strong, all at once. The USA because of hubris, China because they have too many uncontrollable balls in the air ( not least Mr. Xi's ) and Russia because they have too many sheep being led by fat old men with small dicks.
The AUD/USD, unless there is some peace, will not reach it's recent heydays of 79-81c anytime soon, so at 69c it will bobble 1-2c up and down. For those buying Gold in USD this is as good as it will get for some time.
Chartwise, the POG has been building up a sideways consolidation between $1800 and $2000 for the past 2 years. It will not stay in this range much longer. Frankly I cannot see it fall.
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the last i heard 90% of gold mined inside Russia went straight into the Russian Central Bank ( which is obviously out of step with several other major Central Banks )The G7 has decided to further tighten the screws on Russian gold production and refined sales.
The following are reports today from Bloomberg.com
To put this in context for gold traders Bloomberg kindly provided a pie chart of world gold production from 2020.
So Russia is on a par with Australia and still producing. Much of their gold will be diverted to India and The Middle East as London and Zurich and the above mentioned G7's have closed any sales from Russia for the foreseeable future.
It is difficult to predict what effect this will have on the price of gold. I am told Russians in general and Russian oligarchs in particular are piling in to gold atm.
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the last i heard 90% of gold mined inside Russia went straight into the Russian Central Bank ( which is obviously out of step with several other major Central Banks )
and also last i heard the Russian criminal world had an extensive black-market , i am sure Russia will find a solution .
actually the KGB as i understand it but then the CIA has a relationship with the Mafia , so not so unusualRussian criminal world actually works with the Russian government just through proxies so there will be a solution there
actually the KGB as i understand it but then the CIA has a relationship with the Mafia , so not so unusual
not just the KGB but the Russian parliament is dominated by ex security/intelligence high-ranking officials ( from various branches ) , which makes an educational change from the more common military juntaAfter the soviet union broke up all the ex kgb either ended up in the government or the mafia so the line between them became very blurry, im sure now the structure changed but still principle.
Yeah cia is no angel either with their little "war on drugs" adventures.
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