Investing in established gold-mining companies is a way of correlating yourself with the prevailing gold price There is the ongoing risk that miners must keep finding millions of ounces in new reserves each year merely to guarantee their future existence Otherwise, investments in the bigger mining companies are a fairly accurate barometer reflecting the price of the relevant metal As such, investing in either BHP or Rio Tinto is a typical commodity-price play
A way of sourcing more optionality over the gold price is to find the next generation of quality and higher-growth emerging gold producers In smaller companies, valuation is a function of risk and return As these types of companies reduce their risk...
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