Kinross Gold Corporation (TSX: K, NYSE: KGC) has announced the detailed voting results of the election of its Board of Directors, which took place at the Company's virtual Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 11, 2022.
The nominees listed in the Management Information Circular dated March 15, 2022 were elected as directors of Kinross at the meeting (see detailed voting results below).
Board of Directors voting results
Nominee
Votes for
% for
Votes withheld
% withheld
Ian Atkinson
818,552,633
97.68%
19,425,689
2.32%
Kerry D. Dyte
824,194,573
98.36%
13,783,748
1.64%
Glenn A. Ives
828,957,429
98.92%
9,020,893
1.08%
Ave G. Lethbridge
822,031,204
98.10%
15,947,117
1.90%
Elizabeth D. McGregor
828,610,027
98.88%
9,368,295
1.12%
Catherine E. McLeod-Seltzer
745,258,792
88.94%
92,719,530
11.06%
Kelly J. Osborne
823,834,258
98.31%
14,144,063
1.69%
J. Paul Rollinson
829,059,653
98.94%
8,918,668
1.06%
David A. Scott
829,143,995
98.95%
8,834,327
1.05%
Voting results on the other items of business at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders are as follows:
Appointment of auditors
Votes for
% for
Votes withheld
% withheld
898,743,904
97.10%
26,884,653
2.90%
"Say on Pay" resolution on executive compensation
Votes for
% for
Votes against
% withheld
759,370,975
90.61%
78,737,593
9.39%
A report on all matters voted on at the meeting has been filed on SEDAR.
About Kinross Gold Corporation
Kinross is a Canadian-based global senior gold mining company with operations and projects in the United States, Brazil, Mauritania, Chile, Canada, Russia and Ghana. Our focus on delivering value is based on our core principles of responsible mining, operational excellence, disciplined growth and balance sheet strength. Kinross maintains listings on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol:K) and the New York Stock Exchange (symbol:KGC).
Media Contact Louie Diaz Vice-President, Corporate Communications phone: 416-369-6469 louie.diaz@kinross.com
With the general markets in turmoil, Mercenary Geologist Mickey Fulp sees few places to turn.
"It's a difficult situation," he said at the recent Vancouver Resource Investment Conference (VRIC). "I am very bearish, not necessarily on commodity prices, but on the whole resource space and the ability of companies to explore, develop, produce — there's a variety of factors against that right now."
Those include resource nationalism, socialism, anti-development initiatives and green agendas, Fulp explained. Meanwhile, mining companies are seeing energy and labor costs pushed up by inflation.
"The cost margins, profit margins, are going to decrease," he told the Investing News Network. "I don't foresee the kind of profitability we had in Q3 of 2020 — all-time records highs. That was really when we had very high prices for base and precious metals, but costs had not caught up — we didn't have the rampant inflation."
Speaking about where he does see opportunity, Fulp pointed to two key areas.
"I'm always bullish on something. I'm bearish on the markets, (but) I'm bullish on gold — physical bullion — and farmland right now. I am basically exiting the junior resource space at every opportunity where I can take profits, break even," he said. "Or I'll do some tax-loss selling at year end and convert that to US dollars."
Despite that bearish take, Fulp did offer one stock pick: Nevada-focused Allegiant Gold (TSXV:AUAU,OTCQX:AUXXF).
Watch the interview above for more from Fulp on the resource space and his advice for investing during volatile times. You can also click here for our full VRIC playlist on YouTube.
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The gold standard hasn’t been used in the US since the 1970s, but when Donald Trump was president there was some speculation that he could bring it back.
Rumors that the gold standard could be reinstated during Trump’s presidency, which ran from 2017 to 2021, centered largely on positive comments he made about the idea. Notably, the former US president suggested that it would be “wonderful” to bring back the gold standard, and a number of his advisors were of the same mind — Judy Shelton, John Allison and others also expressed support for the concept.
With Trump now out of office, is the US likely to return to the gold standard? And what would it mean if that happened? Read on to learn what the gold standard is, why it ended, what Trump said about bringing it back — and of course what could happen if it ever came into play again.
What is the gold standard?
What is the gold standard and how does it work? Put simply, the gold standard is a monetary system in which the value of a country’s currency is directly linked to the yellow metal. Countries using the gold standard set a fixed price at which to buy and sell gold to determine the value of the nation’s currency.
For example, if the US went back to the gold standard and set the price of gold at US$500 per ounce, the value of the dollar would be 1/500th of an ounce of gold. This would offer reliable price stability.
By introducing the gold standard, transactions no longer have to be done with heavy gold bullion or gold coins. The gold standard also increases the trust needed for successful global trade — the idea is that paper currency has value that is tied to something real. The goal of this type of monetary policy is to prevent inflation as well as deflation, and to help promote a stable monetary environment.
When was the gold standard introduced?
The gold standard was first introduced in Germany in 1871, and by 1900 most developed nations, including the US, were using it. The system remained popular for decades, with governments worldwide working together to make it successful, but when World War I broke out it became difficult to maintain. Changing political alliances, higher debt and other factors led to a widespread lack of confidence in the gold standard.
When was the gold standard replaced and what replaced it?
The demise of the gold standard began as World War II was coming to an end.
At this time, the leading western powers met to develop the Bretton Woods agreement, which ultimately became the framework for the global currency markets until 1971.
The Bretton Woods agreement was born at the UN Monetary and Financial Conference, held in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, in July 1944. Under the deal, currencies were pegged to the price of gold, and the US dollar was seen as a reserve currency linked to the price of gold. This meant that all national currencies were valued in relation to the US dollar since it had become a dominant reserve currency.
Despite valiant efforts from governments at the time, the Bretton Woods agreement led to overvaluation of the US dollar, which caused concerns over exchange rates and their ties to the price of gold.
By 1971, President Richard Nixon had called for a temporary suspension of the dollar’s convertibility. Countries were then free to choose any exchange agreement, except the price of gold. In 1973, foreign governments let currencies float; this put an end to Bretton Woods, and the gold standard was ousted.
From the 1970s to today, most countries have run on a system of fiat money, which is money issued by the government that is not backed by a commodity. The value of money is set by supply and demand for paper money, as well as supply and demand for other goods and services in the economy. The prices for those goods and services, including gold and silver, can fluctuate based on market conditions.
What has Trump said about the gold standard?
While it’s perhaps not common knowledge, Trump has long been a fan of gold. In fact, as Sean Williams of the Motley Fool has pointed out, Trump has been interested in gold since at least the 1970s, when private ownership of gold bullion became legal again. He reportedly invested in gold aggressively at that time, buying the precious metal at about US$185 and selling it between US$780 and US$790.
Since then, Trump has specifically praised the gold standard. In an oft-quoted 2015 GQ interview that covered topics from marijuana to man buns, Trump said, “Bringing back the gold standard would be very hard to do, but boy, would it be wonderful. We’d have a standard on which to base our money.”
In a separate interview from the same year, he said, “We used to have a very, very solid country because it was based on a gold standard.”
According to Politico’s Danny Vinik, “(Trump has) surrounded himself with a number of advisors who hold extreme, even fringe ideas about monetary policy. … At least six … have spoken favorably about the gold standard.” Shelton and Allison, mentioned above, are not alone. Others include Ben Carson and David Malpass. The last two, Rebekah and Robert Mercer, eventually distanced themselves from Trump, but had a strong influence before that.
Emphasizing how unusual Trump’s support for the international gold standard is, Joseph Gagnon, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, told the news outlet, “(It) seems like nothing that’s happened since the Great Depression.” Gagnon, who has also worked for the US Federal Reserve, added, “You have to go back to Herbert Hoover.”
Back in 2017, Politico also quoted libertarian pundit Ron Paul, another supporter of the gold standard, as saying, “We’re in a better position than we’ve ever been in my lifetime as far as talking about serious changes to the monetary system and talking about gold.”
Aside from the company Trump has kept, newsletter writer Jay Taylor has pointed out that his tariffs and Iranian sanctions could have been motivated by an attempt to reduce the trade deficit and in effect claw the dollar back to US soil. Taylor argued that Trump’s efforts would have been more effective if the gold standard was restored.
What would it take to return to the gold standard?
Trump’s four years as president passed without a return to the gold standard, and the consensus seems to be that it’s highly unlikely this event will come to pass. For the most part, even the most ardent supporters of the gold standard recognize that going back to it could create trouble.
As per the Motley Fool’s Williams, economists largely agree that moving to a lower-key version of the gold standard in 1933 was “a big reason why the US emerged from the Great Depression,” and a return would be a mistake.
But if a future president did decide to go through with it, what would it take? According to Kimberly Amadeo at the Balance, due to trade, money supply and the global economy, the rest of the world would need to go back to the gold standard as well. Why? Because otherwise the countries that use the US dollar could stand with their hands out asking for their dollars to be exchanged for gold — including debtors like China and Japan, to which the US owes a large chunk of its multi-trillion-dollar national debt.
That wouldn’t be too big of an issue if it weren’t for the fact that the US doesn’t have enough gold in its reserves to pay it all back. So for a US president to unilaterally return the country to the gold standard, the country would have to exponentially replenish its gold reserves in advance.
In addition, Money Morning’s David Zeiler has suggested that returning to the gold standard would require the price of gold to be set much higher than it is currently. “West Shore Group Chief Global Strategist Jim Rickards has calculated the gold price would jump up to US$10,000 an ounce,” he said.
That means the US dollar would be “severely devalued,” causing inflation, and since global trade relies on the US dollar as a reserve currency, trade would “grind to a halt.” Conversely, returning to the gold standard and keeping the gold price low would cause deflation.
What would happen if the US returned to the gold standard?
Going back to the gold standard would have a huge impact on the US economy. For one thing, it would make it impossible for the Fed to offer fiscal stimulus. After all, if the US had to have enough gold reserves to exchange for dollars on an as-needed basis, the Fed’s ability to print paper currency would be incredibly limited.
Supporters believe that could be the perfect way to get the US out of debt, but it could also cause problems during times of economic crisis. It’s important to remember that because 68 percent of the US economy is based on consumer spending, if inflation rose due to the gold price rising, then a lot of consumers would cut spending. That would then affect the stock market as well, which could very well lead to a recession or worse without the ability of the government to soften that blow via money supply.
That means that a return to the gold standard would also expose the US economy to the yellow metal’s sometimes dramatic fluctuations — while some think that gold would offer greater price stability, it’s no secret that it’s been volatile in the past. Looking back past the metal’s recent stability, it dropped quite steeply from 2011 to 2016.
As can be seen, returning to the gold standard would be a complex ordeal with many pros and cons associated. The likelihood of the US bringing back the gold standard is slim, but no doubt the question will continue to be up for debate under future presidents.
This is an updated version of an article first published by the Investing News Network in 2017.
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“They're all good results, we've extended the depth of the mineralization by over 50 meters, we've extended the width of the mineralization and we're getting some very significant numbers, as high as 46 grams per tonne (g/t) over 5 meters," commented Macintosh.
He further shared, “We also did some channel sampling at surface, just to confirm that the mineralization does extend to surface, and we got up to 137 g/t over about three-quarters of a meter and 54 g/t over half a meter. So the mineralization, now we've confirmed, goes from surface down to over 250 meters. This is a huge success in the Phase 3 drilling, so we're pretty excited.”
Macintosh detailed the company's exploration plans for the Baldwin project, which is located directly east of the Shakespeare gold project. “(We're planning) regional field sampling and maybe even some till sampling as there is some overburden, and then following it up with a drill program later on in the year.”
Macintosh also shared his vision for the Baldwin project: “This is the kind of project that when we decide to develop it, or sell it to a company that will develop it, it will be extremely, extremely favorable conditions.”
Graycliff Exploration released assay results from Shakespeare in May 2022, reporting that drill hole J-31 intersected 20.52 g/t gold over 2 meters, including 39 g/t gold over 1 meter.
Watch the full interview of Graycliff Exploration President James Macintosh above.
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Constantine Metal Resources CEO Garfield MacVeigh: Kicking Off Our $18Million Program at Palmeryoutu.be
Constantine Metal Resources (TSXV:CEM) CEO Garfield MacVeigh discussed the company’s progress on its three key projects, beginning with the flagship Palmer project in Alaska, a copper-zinc-silver-gold-barite project.
"We have an US$18 million construction program this year," he said. "It will prepare us for underground exploration development next year, establish some of our hydrological system for water discharge and put a construction camp in place. Some ongoing exploration is also planned. We’re looking at five years to get us to feasibility.”
Speaking about Constantine Metal Resources’ second project, MacVeigh noted past discoveries of over 80,000 ounces of gold at the Porcupine Creek area, adjacent to its flagship Alaskan zone. "Big Nugget is in the very early stage. We've documented the historic showings, relocated them, resampled them and did a soil sampling survey that identified a really nice target — so it's ready to drill, but it's an early stage project."
Discussing the Hornet Creek property in Idaho, Macveigh noted, “It’s a (volcanogenic massive sulfide) project with a possible copper porphyry environment, very similar in age to Palmer. We have a real high comfort level — it looks like a very big zone. We're doing some compilation work right now to also put some federal permits in place. It would be nice to be able to do some of that drilling a little later in the year.”
The CEO also discussed the company as an investment opportunity. “We're a group that's made real greenfield discoveries at Palmer and built resources there that look like they have a good chance to be a mine. At the same time, we've been consistently able to identify other opportunities that have also led to value for our shareholders.”
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The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index (INDEXTSI:JX) was on the rise last Friday (May 20) morning following another volatile week that sent the junior index as low as 690.
Edging just above 700 after the morning bell on Friday, markets across North America found solace after China moved to support its economy with a cut to a key lending benchmark.
On the commodities side, values for West Texas Intermediate crude oil topped US$114 a barrel last Monday (May 16), while Brent crude touched US$115. Both types had consolidated mildly by Friday to hold in the US$112 range.
Gold spent the third week of May trending higher after slipping to a three month low of US$1,809.50 per ounce on May 13. By last Friday, the yellow metal was trading for US$1,834.
Improving investor sentiment helped the TSXV and other markets move into the green by the end of the week, despite concerns that a recession could still be around the corner.
“Even though modest, the deceleration in price pressures (in April) will come as a welcome development to policymakers,” Thomas Feltmate, senior economist at TD Economics, said in an FocusEconomics update.
Feltmate went on to highlight the precarious position that the US Federal Reserve is in as it tries to stimulate the economy while reining in inflation. “The (Federal Open Market Committee) has its work cut out ... over the remainder of the year, as they quickly move to swing the monetary pendulum from accommodative to outright restrictive in an effort to guide inflation back to target without causing a recession,” he said.
The five TSXV-listed mining stocks that saw the biggest rises last week are as follows:
Here’s a look at those companies and the factors that moved their share prices last week.
1. Tombill Mines
Gold explorer Tombill Mines owns four claims groups, three of which are situated in the Geraldton gold district of North-Central Ontario. Tombill did not release any news last week; its last announcement was at the end of March, when it commenced a Phase IIa drilling program at the Geraldton camp.
Last week, Tombill saw its shares rise 100.68 percent to end the period at C$0.09.
2. Scorpio Gold
Nevada-focused Scorpio Gold holds a 100 percent interest in the consolidated Manhattan District in Nevada. The site includes the advanced exploration-stage Goldwedge property as well.
Scorpio did not make any public announcements last week. Company shares made a 70.24 percent gain, ending the five day period at C$0.08.
3. Royal Fox Gold
Exploration company Royal Fox Gold is developing the Philibert gold project near Chibougamau, Québec. Philibert consists of 110 mineral titles covering a total area of 5,393 hectares of “highly prospective ground.”
Last Wednesday (May 18), Royal Fox shared results from 12 drill holes completed as part of a 2022 campaign at Philibert. They tested the Red Fox zone over a 650 meter strike length and up to 400 meters vertical depth.
"The results announced today include meaningful grades and widths intersected at the Red Fox Zone at surface and at depth which continue to demonstrate continuity of the mineralization system along strike and down dip,” Simon Marcotte, president and CEO of Royal Fox, said in a statement.
He continued, “93 holes from the 2022 campaign remain pending and, as we continue to receive results, special attention is paid to the continuity of the mineralisation which matters even more than grade for a deposit of this nature.” By Friday, shares of Royal Fox were up 62.62 percent, trading for C$0.06.
4. Cordoba Minerals
Cordoba Minerals is a diversified company focused on the exploration, development and acquisition of copper and gold projects. Cordoba is presently developing its San Matias copper-gold-silver project in Colombia.
The last news the company released was at the end of April, when it confirmed a short-term loan of US$6 million from Ivanhoe Electric. Last week, shares of Cordoba added 47 percent to hold in the C$0.55 range.
5. New Stratus Energy
Focused on oil and gas development in Latin America through acquisitions, New Stratus Energy is targeting a production rate of over 50,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day within a three to five year timeframe.
New Stratus gave shareholders a corporate update on May 2, reporting a cash balance of C$17,277,485 as of March 31. Shares of New Stratus spent the third week of May gaining 45.26 percent to close at C$0.93.
Data for 5 Top Weekly TSXV Performers articles is retrieved each Friday at 10:30 a.m. EST using TradingView's stock screener. Only companies with market capitalizations greater than C$10 million prior to the week's gains are included. Companies within the non-energy minerals and energy minerals are considered.
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The securities of Kairos Minerals Limited (‘KAI’) will be placed in trading halt at the request of KAI, pending it releasing an announcement. Unless ASX decides otherwise, the securities will remain in trading halt until the earlier of the commencement of normal trading on Wednesday, 25 May 2022 or when the announcement is released to the market.
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