Topic: How To Invest

Q: Pat: I have around 20 ounces of gold in gold bars that my late father gave me. However, I am not keen on holding physical gold as I need to keep it in a costly safety deposit box. Also, it does not produce any revenue, and selling it can be complicated. Are there any solid dividend paying gold/mining companies that you would recommend as a replacement that would rise in value if the price of gold goes up? Thank you.

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A: Our favourite stock for conservative investors who want to own a gold stock is Wall Street Stock Forecaster recommendation Newmont Mining, $37.88, symbol NEM on New York (Shares outstanding: 533.3 million; Market cap: $20.4 billion; www.newmont.com). Newmont is poised to take over as the world’s biggest gold producer. It just announced a 2018 production forecast of 4.9 million to 5.4 million ounces. That exceeds Barrick Gold Corp.’s (symbol ABX on Toronto) 2018 production estimate of 4.8 million to 5.3 million. That amount excludes the impact of Barrick’s sale of 50% of a mine in Argentina. In addition to growing existing operations in the Americas, Africa and Australia, Newmont continues to pursue exploration projects around the world, including in Canada’s Yukon, Colombia, Peru, Ethiopia, Australia and the Guiana Shield in Northeast South America. In the last five years, the company has sold $2.8 billion of what it sees as non-core assets. It has also bought the Cripple Creek & Victor mine in Colorado,…