Gold Stocks To Consider - January 20th

Key Points

• MarketBeat's stock screener highlights five gold stocks to watch — Hecla Mining (HL), Newmont (NEM), Freeport‑McMoRan (FCX), Barrick (B), and Coeur Mining (CDE) — which posted the highest dollar trading volume among gold stocks in recent days.
• These firms operate globally and mine multiple metals (gold, silver, copper, zinc), so they provide exposure to gold-price moves but have returns tied to operational costs, production levels and geopolitical risks, making them potentially more volatile than the metal itself.

Hecla Mining, Newmont, Freeport-McMoRan, Barrick Mining, and Coeur Mining are the five Gold stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Gold stocks are shares of publicly traded companies involved in the exploration, mining, processing, or sale of gold and related services. Investors buy them to gain exposure to movements in gold prices and mining company performance, though their returns also depend on operational costs, production levels, geopolitical risks, and can be more volatile than the metal itself. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Gold stocks within the last several days.

Hecla Mining (HL)

Hecla Mining Company, together with its subsidiaries, provides precious and base metal properties in the United States, Canada, Japan, Korea, and China. The company mines for silver, gold, lead, and zinc concentrates, as well as carbon material containing silver and gold for custom smelters, metal traders, and third-party processors; and doré containing silver and gold.

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Newmont (NEM)

Newmont Corporation engages in the production and exploration of gold. It also explores for copper, silver, zinc, and lead. The company has operations and/or assets in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Peru, Suriname, Argentina, Chile, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Ecuador, Fiji, and Ghana.

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Freeport-McMoRan (FCX)

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. engages in the mining of mineral properties in North America, South America, and Indonesia. It primarily explores for copper, gold, molybdenum, silver, and other metals. The company's assets include the Grasberg minerals district in Indonesia; Morenci, Bagdad, Safford, Sierrita, and Miami in Arizona; Chino and Tyrone in New Mexico; and Henderson and Climax in Colorado, North America, as well as Cerro Verde in Peru and El Abra in Chile.

Read Our Latest Research Report on FCX

Barrick Mining (B)

Barrick Gold Corporation is a sector-leading gold and copper producer.  Its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GOLD and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol ABX.   In January 2019 Barrick merged with Randgold Resources and in July that year it combined its gold mines in Nevada, USA, with those of Newmont Corporation in a joint venture, Nevada Gold Mines, which is majority-owned and operated by Barrick.

Read Our Latest Research Report on B

Coeur Mining (CDE)

Coeur Mining, Inc. explores for precious metals in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The company primarily explores for gold, silver, zinc, and lead properties. It markets and sells its concentrates to third-party customers, smelters, under off-take agreements. The company was formerly known as Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation and changed its name to Coeur Mining, Inc.

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