Gold Stocks Worth Watching - September 24th

Key Points

• Five notable gold stocks to watch include Freeport-McMoRan, Barrick Mining, Newmont, Agnico Eagle Mines, and Kinross Gold, which have shown the highest trading volume recently.
• Freeport-McMoRan is a significant player in the mining sector, focusing on copper and gold across various regions, including North and South America and Indonesia.
• Barrick Gold Corporation is notable for its merger with Randgold and its majority ownership of Nevada Gold Mines, strengthening its position in the gold industry.

Freeport-McMoRan, Barrick Mining, Newmont, Agnico Eagle Mines, and Kinross Gold are the five Gold stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Gold stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that explore for, mine or process gold. They give investors leveraged exposure to movements in gold prices—often acting as an inflation hedge—while also carrying company-specific risks such as operational, geopolitical and regulatory uncertainties. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Gold stocks within the last several days.

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.

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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.

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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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Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM)

Agnico Eagle Mines Limited, a gold mining company, exploration, development, and production of precious metals. It explores for gold. The company's mines are located in Canada, Australia, Finland and Mexico, with exploration and development activities in Canada, Australia, Europe, Latin America, and the United States.

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Kinross Gold (KGC)

Kinross Gold Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of gold properties principally in the United States, Brazil, Chile, Canada, and Mauritania. The company operates the Fort Knox mine and the Manh Choh project in Alaska, as well as the Round Mountain and the Bald Mountain mines in Nevada, the United States; the Paracatu mine in Brazil; the La Coipa and the Lobo-Marte project in Chile; the Tasiast mine in Mauritania; and the Great Bear project in Canada.

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