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top 11 gold producers -- yearly gold production ounces -- AISC -- Approx. Market Cap barrick -- 5.52 million -- $730 -- $17 billion CND newmont -- 4.9 m -- $912 -- $20 billion USD anglo -- 3.63 m -- $986 -- $4 billion USD goldcorp -- 2.87 m -- $856 -- $14 billion kinross -- 2.79 m -- $984 -- $ 6 billion newcrest -- 2.46 m -- $763 -- $13 billion goldfields -- 2.15 m -- $980 -- polyus -- 1.97 m -- $572 -- agnico -- 1.66 m-- $824 -- $11 billion sibanye -- 1.51 -- $954 -- randgold -- 1.3 -- $N/A -- $ 8 billion USD and then there's us centamin -- 600k? -- $770? -- $2.3 billion USD

B2Gold Market Cap $3.7billion Canadian Yield 0% No Dividend Gold Production 630k AISC $970 Debt $600+million Also these boobies don't have sufficient drilling to publish Proven Reserves - only Probable which stands at approx. 7 million ounces ... Yes they have multiple mines - good so far as spreading risk - bad so far as increased operating costs & complexity Centamin Market Cap $3 billion ---> you know the rest

hedgehogg - it does seem unfair! But we know Centamin is a giant pinata stuffed with gold coins and one day soon some beefy child is going to hammer it open with his bat � and we'll be the first to collect.

Thanks - we are nothing if not a dedicated bunch! Fingers crossed this is the year we pull our golden flips flops from under the big bed and start a conga line from Tibbs house round the block...

...preparation of a feasibility study to assess for the installation of a 15MW solar power plant on site at Sukari as a lower cost alternative for diesel fuel; and (further along in the report they add if all goes well they would expand solar as primary power source) also from the annual report; NEAR TERM (1-2 YEARS) ...Optimize growth from existing operations by increasing high grade underground mining rates and processing plant upgrades. ...Evaluate potential for additional sources of high grade underground ore at Sukari. ...Continue to replace high-grade underground reserve at Sukari. ...Resource expansion and project evaluation in Burkina Faso and C�te d�Ivoire. ...Continue to evaluate selective M&A opportunities with the potential to develop low‑cost projects. MEDIUM TERM (3‑5 YEARS) ...Maximize sustainable production profile at Sukari by fully exploiting underground potential. ...Development and first production in Burkina Faso and C�te d�Ivoire, assuming positive project evaluation. http://www.centamin.com/~/media/Files/C/Centamin/documents/reports/2018/Smart17_Centamin.pdf

Lundin Gold Inc. has secured a US$250-million investment from Australia's Newcrest Mining Ltd. as the Vancouver-based junior gold miner looks to kickstart production at a key mine in Ecuador. Newcrest agreed to buy 57.7 million shares of Lundin at $5.50 apiece, a 14-per-cent premium to Friday's close, and is set to become the company's biggest shareholder. In addition, Newcrest will be allowed to appoint two board members. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/newcrest-buys-stake-in-canadas-lundin-gold-for-250-million/article38110023/

Come on, roll a doubles!

on this board - for years now the golden flip flop gang have been a constant source of news & investment wisdom... Siko, your works in Egypt among those suffering is worthy of support. If there is a way of keeping up to date with this work I for one would like to know. My twitter handle is @donaldplawson Perhaps its a social medium you employ and if so I'd love to follow your journey - and any of the other friends I may have on this board - follow me and I will do the same

This bodes well � considering Cleopatra ought to be adding many more ounces in the months ahead. Sukari has the potential to surpass every pure gold play on the planet. Thx for keeping us informed Sparkle!

Rebess - hi To be honest I'd love to support this concept but I am notoriously slow to adopt anything new & techie. So perhaps after it becomes 'normalized' by first adopters & the naysayers are debunked I'll bravely dip in a toe...

... the GDX short position is now 55 million shares. And since the major miner ETF is a barometer for the entire mining space, this 20% short position has kept pressure on the junior sector as well. In March of 2017, the GDX had 510 million shares outstanding and just a week ago, it was 40% lower at 310 million... ...this large GDX short position keeping pressure on the global miners... ... average all-in sustain costs since late 2015 have been averaging $866 per ounce. At present, there is a giant disconnect between the price of gold and the stock prices of the miners... http://www.kitco.com/commentaries/2018-02-23/Gold-Stocks-Continue-to-Frustrate-and-Confuse-Investors.html

...Newmont�s commitment to lure investors away from ETFs with high dividends. On Tuesday, the miner almost doubled its quarterly payout to 14 cents a share. That has helped Newmont vault ahead of Toronto-based Barrick by market share... There seems to be a marked preference on how to reward shareholders � among gold miners that is. http://business.financialpost.com/commodities/mining/barrick-clings-to-top-gold-miner-title-as-newmont-falls-short

Sibanye is under pressure to reduce debt after a rapid-fire series of deals that transformed the company from a staid and steady gold producer to a diversified precious-metals miner with both southern African and U.S. assets. The company�s net debt is 2.6 times underlying earnings and almost as high as its current market value. The South African miner�s stock plunged by a record 16 percent Thursday after the company warned it may consider selling assets, metals streams and -- only as a last resort -- new shares, if the recent strength in the rand persists. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-23/deal-wizard-of-south-african-gold-mining-is-scaring-investors

Thanks Tiger � hopefully Kinesis will be in a whole other league

Tibbs - you are clearly excited about this launch & I wish to understand more clearly. I found this on your link... "An established mobile banking system with a digital currency wallet where Kinesis currencies can be used for savings or payments, remittances and money movement. This facility also has a Mastercard & Visa debit card and accompanying companion card providing the ability to use Kinesis as a payment currency across the world." Is partnering with VISA & Mastercard a first in regards to cryptocurrencies?

If this keeps up management will in all probability raise full year guidance. 700k anyone?

(our management team deserves kudos for careful evaluations & conservative estimates...) Recent news of Pretium Resources� (PVG.T, PVG.NYSE) 20% to 25% lower grade reconciliation at Brucejack underground gold project in northern British Columbia prompted us to figure out why investors in the mining sector are repeatedly faced with the nightmare of a problematic resource estimate. The news dropped the share price by ~40% and excised ~C$950 million from its market capitalization. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated case. There is no shortage of examples of resource estimates falling short of expectations despite the fact that reserves had already been declared The process of resource estimation, particularly in the case of Pretium�s VOK deposit that hosts extremely erratic and spotty gold mineralization, is complex to say the least. The resource model relies on the interpolation of grade and tonnage between drill holes that have the diameter of a good bottle of Malbec, or less, and realistically represent anywhere from one in a million (0.0001%) to one in tens of millions (0.00001%) of the actual tonnage. http://www.kitco.com/commentaries/2018-02-21/The-Abstract-Art-of-Resource-Estimation-or-What-Went-Wrong-This-Time-Brent-Cook-Joe-Mazumdar.html

Sense for management to buy back shares. They got the money.

I salute you.

Precisely. The Egyptians seem to reverence the courts high above the government so why not invoke a higher power if you will... Legality is the universal language of business.