Colossus Minerals Inc. announced results including 7.88 metres of 406g/t gold, 98.4g/t platinum, 115.7g/t palladium, 2.74g/t rhodium, and 1.52g/t iridium at a depth of 252 metres. The Serra Pelada project is located in Para State, Brazil. These results are not true width and the release indicates that true width is not known.
Exchange Traded Funds that deal in the precious metals have been seeing an increase in business, lately. ETF Securities said on Monday the amount of metal it holds to back its Physical Palladium exchange-traded commodity PHPD.L rose 12,628 ounces or 8 percent in the week to Feb. 6.
VIPR anncounced that it has acquired a gold property consisting of 10 licenses. As market fundamentals for both gold and uranium point to significant demand-driven price increases which should, in turn, lift the value of the companies developing the resources. For full story, click here
In the first six months of ’09, palladium’s value could range from $125 to $300 per ounce. The outlook for palladium is positive in some of its applications, however, a worsening economic climate and the possibility of a stronger US dollar could send palladium to as low as $125/oz during the next six months.
On January 5 palladium tumbled nearly 6 percent as the strong dollar knocked down all the precious metals. The metal hit a daily low of $178.50 an ounce, but was quoted at $180.00. On January 12 the metal picked up some steam, and rebounded to $191 per ounce.
Palladium inched up, tracking gains in gold, despite more bad news from the car industry, the main consumer of both metals. For full story, click here
Spot palladium rebounded on Monday, up more than 5 per cent from New York’s notional close of $168.00. Palladium hit $176.50 per ounce as technical buying emerged after demand worries stemming from an ambiguous auto industry vote hit platinum group metals on Friday.
Palladium finally got some upside last Wednesday, when it rose 5 percent on the sentiment that the recent price slip in the metal was overdone. Prices for palladium have fallen 56 percent in the third quarter, dropped 34 percent last month alone.
Palladium spot prices remained unchanged on the NYMEX today after the Dow Jones market rally of Oct. 13.08. Some precious metals such as gold suffered losses today as "safe haven" investing in precious metals and other, traditionally "safe" investments, took a backseat due to rebounding market conditions. Today, the market rally calmed as investors stopped to assess the current market climate before re-entering as buyers.
Current Market Climate The proposed bailout of bad debts by the U.S. Treasury is being hotly debated in Congress: this debate is affecting commodity spot prices and stock market share prices all over the world. As government officials ponder the wisdom of assisting banks and investment houses by spending over 700 billion dollars purchasing bad [...]
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