Met some folks at a bar in Toronto last night.
They work in finance and I asked if they own any silver or gold.
“No,” they said.
“Why not?”
Responses:
•“It doesn’t produce yield.”
•“Dead assets.”
•“I’d rather own $NVDA.”
•“Gold’s had its time.”
•“Silver is just an industrial metal.”
•“We’re in a new era now.”
•“Bitcoin replaced gold.”
•“Nobody talks about it anymore.”
•“I’m too late.”
Sigh.
@croninpd@respeculator To be fair to PRU mostly transitioning to lower quality pits driving lower production at Yaoure and Edikan. FY25 was a sweet spot. Costs haven’t got out of control (yet). At least they made a chunk on the PDI stake.
@TaviCosta Depending on when the 'discovery' is defined (I'm assuming maiden resource) I can think of multiple greenfields >2Moz in 2023/24. Valley, Oko-West, Tanda-Iguela? NeverNever? Data looks more like it is relevant to 5Moz+ discoveries. S&P is not hugely reliable for data like this.
@respeculator Thanks mate, hope you’re well. It’s been quite the ride. Looking back probably had way too much in it. Still holding but thankfully managed to transition to some safer gold plays as well. I’ll credit the Sprott analyst I read in 2017 after the high grade was found at Sanbrado.
ASX Gold Miners have dramatically under-performed their North American peer group in the last six weeks. The upcoming index changes to the GDX appear to have been a large factor.