Avesoro sticks to 2019 guidance, despite gold output drop

Silver has finished up every year in August for the last five years. And the monthly returns have been mouth-watering – averaging 10.4%,

The overall markets are exuberant. Valuations rise regardless of value created. And gold is conspicuously not at the party.

A mess.

Water ban.

Exports for the year could reach 756,000 tonnes after US company agrees to build smelter and sell a stake in subsidiary to locals.

And the impact on gold and oil prices

July gold fund holdings jump on safe haven buying amid geopolitical strife and a correction in equities.

Australia’s most successful mining prospector has warned juniors face unprecedented hurdles to bring projects to market as excessive ­regulation and high start-up costs threaten to derail the next leg of the resources boom.

Karl Simich, Managing Director, Sandfire Resources, says the copper space comprises of large mines that are difficult to take over whereas the gold mining sector has smaller assets that are ripe for picking.