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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Gain Over 1% and 3%

By: Chris Mullen, Gold-Seeker.com


-- Posted 14 April, 2011 | | Source: SilverSeek.com

 

Close

Gain/Loss

Gold

$1471.40

+$17.20

Silver

$41.66

+$1.39

XAU

219.18

+1.16%

HUI

585.76

+1.30%

GDM

1709.84

+1.22%

JSE Gold

2828.89

+31.71

USD

74.69

-0.27

Euro

144.91

+0.50

Yen

119.84

+0.55

Oil

$108.11

+$1.00

10-Year

3.485%

+0.019

T-Bond

119.6875

-0.125

Dow

12285.15

+0.12%

Nasdaq

2760.22

-0.05%

S&P

1314.52

+0.01%

 
 

 

The Metals:

 

Gold climbed almost $10 to $1463.79 in Asia before it fell back off in London and saw a slight loss at $1452.40 at about 7AM EST, but it then rose to a new session high of $1473.90 by early afternoon in New York and ended with a gain of 1.18%.  Silver climbed to $41.38 in Asia before it fell back to $40.50 in London, but it then rose to a new session high of $41.743 by early afternoon in New York and ended with a gain of 3.45% at a new 31-year closing high.

 

Euro gold rose to about €1016, platinum gained $17.20 to $1787.20, and copper fell slightly to about $4.28.

 

Gold and silver equities rose over 1% by midmorning and remained near that level for the rest of the day.

 

The Economy:

 

Report

For

Reading

Expected

Previous

Initial Claims

4/09

412K

385K

385K

PPI

Mar

0.7%

1.1%

1.6%

Core PPI

Mar

0.3%

0.2%

0.2%

 

More Americans leaving workforce  USATODAY

30-year fixed-rate mortgage rises to 4.91%  MarketWatch

U.S. Foreclosure Filings Drop 27% to Lowest Level in Three Years  Bloomberg

 

Tomorrow brings CPI, Empire Manufacturing, Net Long-Term TIC Flows, Industrial Production, Capacity Utilization, and Michigan Sentiment.

 

The Markets:

 

Charts Courtesy of http://finance.yahoo.com/

 

Oil rose as the U.S. dollar index fell on poor economic data.

 

Treasuries pared early losses after today’s $13 billion 30-year note auction sold at a high yield of 4.531% with a bid to cover of 2.83.

 

The Dow and S&P turned higher in the last hour of trade while the Nasdaq remained lower on mixed earnings reports.

 

Among the big names making news in the market today were Zipcar, Goldman Sachs, Progressive, WaMu, Fidelity, JPMorgan, and MGM Resorts.

 

The Statistics:

Activity from: 4/13/2011

Gold Warehouse Stocks:

11,084,189

+75,199

Silver Warehouse Stocks:

103,139,588

-18

 

Global Gold ETF Holdings

[WGC Sponsored ETF’s]

 

Product name

Total Tonnes

Total Ounces

Total Value

New York Stock Exchange Arca (NYSE Arca) AND Singapore Exchange (SGX) AND Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) AND Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx)

SPDR® Gold Shares

1212.964

38,997,991

US$57,150m

London Stock Exchange (LSE) AND NYSE Euronext Paris AND Borsa Italiana AND Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse (Deutsche Börse - Xetra)

Gold Bullion Securities

115.22

3,704,313

US$5,438m

London Stock Exchange (LSE) AND NYSE Euronext Paris AND Borsa Italiana AND Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse (Deutsche Börse - Xetra) AND NYSE Euronext Amsterdam

ETFS Physical Gold

115.22

3,704,313

US$5,438m

Australian Stock Exchange (ASX)

Gold Bullion Securities

14.21

474,435

US$673m

Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE)

New Gold Debentures

48.87

1,571,254

US$2,307m

NASDAQ Dubai

Dubai Gold Securities

0.154

4,958

US$7m

Note: Change in Total Tonnes from yesterday’s data: SPDR subtracted 3.333 tonnes.

 

COMEX Gold Trust (IAU) Total Tonnes in Trust: 133.35 - No change from yesterday’s data.

 

Silver Trust (SLV) Total Tonnes in Trust: 10,969.71 -242.82 change from yesterday’s data.

 

The Miners:

 

NovaGold’s (NG) Preliminary Economic Assessment, Aurizon’s (AZK) drill results, Banro’s (BAA) construction progress, Silver Predator’s (SPD.TO) property acquisitions, and Great Panther’s (GPL) first quarter production were among the big stories in the gold and silver mining industry making headlines today.

 

WINNERS

1.  Banro

BAA +17.96% $2.89

2.  Alexco

AXU +11.18% $9.65

3.  Minco Gold

MGH+10.20% $2.70

 

LOSERS

1.  Pan American

PAAS -9.09% $37.35

2.  Coeur

CDE -7.94% $31.08

3.  Kimber

KBX -2.72% $1.79

Winners & Losers tracks NYSE and AMEX listed gold and silver mining stocks that trade over $1.

       

All of today's gold and silver stock news:

Conquest Commences Drilling from Goldcorp Red Lake Mine Property - More
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Energy Fuels Increases Measured and Indicated Uranium Resources by 27% with Updated NI 43-101 Technical Reports - More
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Redhill Resources Corp.: Induced Polarization Survey at Honey Comb Hills Completed - More
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Cresval Closes First Tranche of Private Placement - More
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Petaquilla Equipment Leasing Facility With Caterpillar - More
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AccelRate Completes $530,000 Non-Brokered Financing - More
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Gold Canyon Holds Annual General Meeting of Shareholders - More
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Brazilian Diamonds Enters Into Share Purchase Agreement with Origo Partners PLC - More
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Merrex Gold Sells Sutherlands Pond and Hungry Hill Properties, Newfoundland - More
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Ressources Minieres Pro-Or inc.: Unaware of Any Material Change - More
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Stellar Pacific Ventures Inc.: Common Share Units Offering - More
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Macusani Yellowcake Announces More High Grade Intersections at Chilcuno Chico Target on Kihitian Uranium Property, Peru - More
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Pacific Wildcat Resources Corp.: Response to Media Articles in Kenya - More
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Hudson Presents Sarfartoq REE Project to European Parliament - More
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Sniper Resources Ltd.: Exploration Program Update and New Property Acquisition - More
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Gulfside Minerals Ltd. Closes Private Placement - More
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Golden Valley Mines Ltd.: Republic of Sierra Leone, West Africa Exploration Update-VTEM Airborne Geophysical Survey Start-up - More
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Messina Minerals Inc. to Acquire New Victoria Copper Properties, Central Newfoundland - More
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Silver Predator Acquires Yukon Properties - "Silver Predator Corp. (TSX:SPD.to - News) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into agreements with Strategic Metals Ltd. (TSX-V:SMD.v - News) ("Strategic") and ATAC Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:ATC.v - News) ("ATAC") whereby it can earn a 100% interest in the Hy, Flip and Rusty Silver Properties." More
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Iberian Minerals Publishes Preliminary Q1 2011 Production Results - More
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Bayfield's Rainy River East Step-Out Drilling Continues to Intercept Gold and Silver - More
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Thundermin Resources Inc. Re-Files September 30, 2010 Interim Financial Statements to Include Notice of No Auditor Review - More
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Hard Creek Nickel Update Airing on BTV April 16 and 17th, 2011 - More
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Hondo Expands its Operational Infrastructure in Preparation for Revenue Production at Tennessee Mine - More
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El Tigre Silver Poised to Show Continuing Results - More
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Prodigy Drills 143m Grading 1.54 gpt Gold at Magino - More
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Thelon Capital Ltd.: Non-Brokered Private Placement Closed - More
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Vaaldiam Files Brauna Technical Report on Sedar - More
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Evolving Gold Intersects 10.1 meters at 11.09 gpt Gold at the Carlin-Humboldt Projects, Nevada - More
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Cascadero Copper Corporation: Assay Highlight-32.4 g/t Gold Sampled in Sudbury, Ontario - More
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NioGold and Aurizon Report 1.91 G/T Au Over 58.3 Metres at the Marban Block - More
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Rogue Resources Provides Langmuir Drilling Update, Corporate Update - More
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The Discovery of a New Gold Zone on the Diangounte Property and Previous Exploration Which Encountered up to 100gpt Over 3 Meters, Encourages ROBEX to Proceed - More
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Homeland Uranium Announces Re-Filing of September, 2010 Interim Financial Statements - More
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Denarii Appoints New Director - More
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Helio (TSXV:HRC) Commences 5,000m Drill Programme on the Gold Kop Target, Damara Gold Project, Namibia - More
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Rare Earth Industries Ltd. Names Financial Advisor; Outlines Strategy To Vertically Integrate Supply Chain for Rare Earth Elements - More
- April 14, 2011 | Item | ShareThis


Western Troy Updates Deborah Lake Drilling, MacLeod Lake Feasibility, and Other Exploration Plans - More
- April 14, 2011 | Item | ShareThis


Athabasca Uranium Closes on Hodges Lake Option First Phase - More
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Commencement of Drilling at Empire's Bulqiza Chromite Project, Albania - More
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Paget Minerals Options 100% of Ball Creek Copper-Gold Property in B.C. - More
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Argonaut Gold Announces Q1 Gold Production of 18,005 0unces - More
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Pelangio Exploration Receives Proceeds of $5,977,655 from Exercise of Warrants and Options - More
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Update on Midland's Activities and Projects in Partnership - More
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North Bay Resources Inc. (NBRI) Issues Shareholder Update - More
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Springpole Gold Project Produces Long Gold and Silver Intercepts for Gold Canyon - More
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Crowflight Proposes Name Change and Share Consolidation - More
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Ireland Inc. Announces Significant Gold and Silver Extracted from Bulk Sample Sand Material at Columbus Project - More
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Sandspring Infill Drill Results From the Toroparu Gold-Copper Deposit Includes 138m of 2.09 g/t Gold and 0.19% Copper in Hole 143 - More
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Alexis Appoints Vice President, Manitoba Operations - More
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Northair Updates Drilling at La Cigarra Silver Project, Mexico - More
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Crocodile Gold Continues to Intersect High Grade Mineralised Structures Adjacent to Union Reef Mill With 5 Metres at 13.1 g/t of Gold and 4 Metres at 11.2 g/t - More
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Purepoint Provides Update on Red Willow Project - More
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Newcastle Identifies Drill Targets on Chester Property - More
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Champion Minerals Drills 235 Metres of Specular Hematite Mineralization Grading 33.8% Iron at the Fire Lake North Project - More
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Capstone Reports High Grade Intercepts at Cozamin Mine in Step Out and Infill Drilling - More
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Dynacor: Custom Milling Operation Produces 9,926 Ounces of Gold in the First Quarter 2011 - More
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Largo Announces Shareholder Conference Call for Tuesday April 19, 2011 at 11:00am EST - More
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Pretivm Makes Senior Management Appointment to Advance Project Development - More
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Halo Update for Sherridon VMS Property, Manitoba - More
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Riverside Resources Signs Definitive Agreement to Option Three Drill Ready Projects in Durango-Zacatecas, Mexico to Mexigold Corp. - More
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Orosur Mining Inc. Announces Results for the Third Quarter and Nine Months Ended February 28, 2011 - More
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Capstone Reports Change to its Board - More
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NovaGold Completes Preliminary Economic Assessment for Ambler Project - "NovaGold Resources Inc. (TSX:NG - News)(AMEX:NG - News) today announced the results of a Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") for its 100%-owned Ambler project in northwest Alaska. The Ambler property comprises 36,670 hectares (90,624 acres) of State of Alaska mining claims and Federal patented and unpatented mining claims and hosts a number of deposits, including the high-grade copper-zinc-lead-gold-silver Arctic deposit, which is the focus of the PEA. All amounts are in US$ unless otherwise indicated." More
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Aurizon Reports Further Drill Results From Marban - "Aurizon Mines Ltd. ("Aurizon") is pleased to report on the latest drilling results at the Marban Block property, located in the Malartic gold camp, Abitibi region of Quebec." More
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Great Panther Silver Reports First Quarter Production; Silver Increases by 15%, Gold Up by 45% From Q1 2010 - "GREAT PANTHER SILVER LIMITED (TSX:GPR - News)(AMEX:GPL - News) (the "Company") is pleased to report first quarter ("Q1"), production at its two wholly-owned Mexican silver mining operations, Guanajuato and Topia." More
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Banro Confirms Mine Construction Progress at Wholly-Owned Twangiza Phase I Gold Project on Schedule and Fully Funded With Commercial Production to Begin in Q4 - "Banro Corporation ("Banro" or the "Company") (NYSE AMEX - "BAA" TSX - "BAA") is pleased to report that construction of its wholly-owned Twangiza Phase 1 gold project in South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (the "DRC"), is proceeding on schedule with commercial production expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2011." More
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- Chris Mullen, Gold Seeker Report

 

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