CAPITAL MARKETS

North Atlantic political turmoil, New Pacific gains

Political turmoil in the US and UK along with economic and trade concerns has dampened market sentiment and lifted the gold price.

Staff reporter
 The “Glory Hole” at New Pacific Metals’ Silver Sand project in Bolivia

The “Glory Hole” at New Pacific Metals’ Silver Sand project in Bolivia

It was up around US$1,530 an ounce on the spot market earlier, while base metals closed in the red yesterday on the London Metal Exchange.

A UK court has found prime minister Boris Johnson's suspension of parliament in the lead-up to Brexit was unlawful and the US has opened an impeachment inquiry into president Donald Trump.

Meanwhile New Pacific Metals (TSXV: NUAG) almost doubled intraday on no news.

It had hit an 11-year high last month of C$2.99 on high-grade assays from its Silver Sand project in Bolivia.

Shares in the company, which had presented in Denver last week, hit a 52-week high yesterday of C$6.71 before closing up 45.6% to $4.50.

New Pacific responded to a query from the market regulator confirming it was "not aware of any material undisclosed information relating to the company that would account for the trading activity occurring today in its common shares".

It said it was aware of a recent publication from GSA-Silver adding New Pacific to its model portfolio, adding GSA-Silver was independent of the company and its analysis reflected the author's opinions.

Among the gold miners, OceanaGold (TSX: OGC) gained 5.8% in Toronto as it significantly increased its exploration target at Waihi in New Zealand.

Newmont Goldcorp (NYSE: NEM) rose 1.1% in New York and Australia's Newcrest Mining (ASX: NCM) was up 0.7% in midday trade.

Elsewhere, key global market indices closed lower and market futures were mixed.

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