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Jason Mayer Augusta Gold G-T WATCH Jun 27, 2013

He never calls a bottom. It is just a case of doing what the gold price has been doing. They could be shutting down mines and cutting production, but they are a lower cost producer. So this is a fine call in terms of gold, but at this time he would not want to make a call that we are at the bottom. If gold stays down they could shorten the life of mines by not going as deep and therefore cutting costs further.

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DON'T BUY
It could be 10% higher than today. He would prefer an equal weight gold ETF. G-T is probably a slight underperformer but he would buy gold stocks on a pull back.
HOLD
They suffered badly. It is going to disappear as they are being acquired. You could hold it from here.
COMMENT
Today's merger with Newmont Mining Synergies will improve their margins. But he would sell--he doesn't like gold in general and this is a selling opportunity.
COMMENT
If Barrick buys Newmont and Goldcorp walks away with $630 million because the Newmont-Goldcorp deal (of last month) doesn't actually go through. Can GT shareholders kick the GT board out--the board who gets a hefty package, but not the shareholders? He can't comment on this though many are asking this question. About this deal, we haven't seen gold M&A deals for a while. From Barrick's point of view, this is an obvious plus. Many are surprised that this is the deal.
COMMENT
It is oversold as a consequence of being belittled by Barrick. It has a paucity of tier 1 assets. The trend of mergers of in the industry is going to be good for the company.
BUY
Big relationship to US dollar, so dollar strength means gold weakness. Gold gets seasonally weak right now. May go sideways for a while. If it breaks the downtrend, it can accelerate pretty quickly. Second seasonality is in the summer, but could happen earlier. Timely to buy right now, and wait for the next shot up.
DON'T BUY
He's never really owned Goldcorp, Newmont and Barrick. The share appreciation would come better from an Agnico Eagle or Kirkland Lake which have growing reserves, great management and low production costs. He stays away from companies like Goldcorp or Barrick or Newmont. In fact, Aginco has outperformed Goldcorp and will be self-sufficient by 2023. It pays a good dividend and they continue to grow overall.
PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Oct 12/18, Up 2%) Acquired by Newmont. Return is up, either way.
PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Aug 20/18, Up 2%) This merged with another company and was taken out. He still likes the gold space. Central Banks are beginning to run on fumes and have no idea what problems they are causing for investors down the road. Gold is good in deflationary times and even better in inflationary times -- it doesn't do well in between.
PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Oct 12/18, Up 2%) He still likes gold, Newmont (which acquired G-T) and Goldcorp.