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The Soros Position Nobody is Talking About | The Daily Gold

The Soros Position Nobody is Talking About | The Daily Gold | Gold and What Moves it. | Scoop.it

"Just about everyone in the gold and money management communities, is aware that billionaire George Soros’ hedge fund, Soros Fund Management LLC, is heavily invested in gold and gold mining equities. Additionally, in the past few days, a flurry of new articles have been written, detailing the Soros Fund’s most recent 13-f filing. In case anyone is unfamiliar, a 13-f filing is a document which contains a fund’s investments held during a financial quarter, and when we compare a recent 13-f with a previous 13-f, we can see the buying and selling activities of a fund during a given time frame.

 

"In the most recent 13-f filing on November 14th, the Soros fund increased its position in gold via the GLD fund from 884,400 shares, to 1.3+ million shares. That represents a sum of about $200 million. The fund increased its position in the GDX gold miners ETF from 1 million shares, to over 2.3 million, it added a 1.7 million share position in Kinross Gold, and finally, maintained a nearly 2.4 million share position in the GDXJ junior gold miners ETF. ..."

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Aussie man digs out 5.5 kg Gold nugget

According to reports, the nugget weighing 177 ounces, or 5.5 kilograms has been unearthed with a metal detector just outside Ballarat in a popular area for prospecting.

 

MELBOURNE(BullionStreet): An amateur prospector, who wants to remain anonymous,discovered a huge gold nugget with an estimated value of more than $300,000 in Australia's Victoria state.

 

According to reports, the nugget weighing 177 ounces, or 5.5 kilograms has been unearthed with a metal detector just outside Ballarat in a popular area for prospecting. ...

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How cool would it be to dig up something like this!

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China buys another Gold asset in Australia

Major Gold companies such as Shandong Gold, Zijing Mining and Zhaojin Mining are already in the fray for overseas takeovers, analysts said.

 

PERTH(BullionStreet): As part of it's efforts to boost gold reserves, China acquired yet another gold asset in Australia.

 

China's Hanking Gold Mining said it had acquired St Barbara's Southern Cross mine in the WA goldfields for $22.5 million.

 

The acquisition follows the sale of several other WA mines to Chinese companies over the past six months.

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And the Dragon continues to get all the gold it can.

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Western Australia's gold sector in jeopardy | MINING.com

Western Australia's gold sector in jeopardy | MINING.com | Gold and What Moves it. | Scoop.it
High exploration costs are to blame.

 

 

The Australian Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) warned Monday  the future of Western Australia's gold sector is uncertain as high exploration costs hamstring miners.

 

ABC News reports that several of the state's operating gold mines have declining reserves and lower ore quality as they dig deeper.

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So how do you think the gold spot will react to this?

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