Rob McEwen, een legende in de goudwereld, sprak woensdag klare taal tijdens de Geological Society conferentie in Nevada. De man die Goldcorp groot maakte zei aan het publiek om niet constant de goudmijnsector in twijfel te trekken. Via Mineweb:

During his address, McEwen recalled his own struggles with his senior geologists and the mining analysts who assumed that Goldcorp’s 50-year-old mine in Red Lake, Ontario, was played out. The former mutual fund manager had no mining expertise, but had emerged as Goldcorp’s majority owner. “I found an industry with a lot of inertia, it didn’t want to change,” McEwen told the GSN audience. Nevertheless, at the same time, he believed the mining industry had the potential to offer considerable excitement.

Rob McEwen in ondertussen vertrokken bij Goldcorp en belegt zijn centen in nieuwe opkomende goudmijnen. Er hangt nog ‘voldoende fruit aan de boom’, maar de sector moet zich focussen om aandeelhouderswaarde te creëren, aldus McEwen. Ondertussen blijft Rob McEwen bijzonder positief voor de verdere prijsontwikkeling van goud. Zijn koersdoel van 5000 dollar/ounce blijft overeind, ondanks de huidige zwakte:

As gold bugs get discouraged in the wake of year-end sell offs, über precious metals mining entrepreneur Rob McEwen still is firmly bullish on gold in the long run and stands pat on his $5,000 per ounce gold price prediction.

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