SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean investors in gold have posted sky-high returns this year amid strong safe-haven demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Tuesday. Gold changed hands at 261,423 won (US$217) per 3.75 grams on the Korea Exchange as of Friday, up a whopping 23.3 percent from the start of [...]
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Erdene Resource Development Corporation (TSX:ERD | MSE:ERDN) (“Erdene” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce drilling results from the Midfield Southeast zone of the Company’s 100%-owned Bayan Khundii Gold Project (“Project”). “We are exceptionally pleased with drill results from the new Midfield Southeast zone, including one metre [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s gold turnover reached an all-time high in the first half of 2020 as investors flocked to safer assets amid the coronavirus pandemic around the globe, data showed Sunday. The combined turnover on the gold bourse stood at 710 billion won (US$591 million) over the January-June period, exceeding [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Gold funds in South Korea have shined over the past three months on investors’ flight to safety amid the coronavirus pandemic, but oil funds have fared dismally on tumbling crude prices, a market tracker said Wednesday. The three-month average return of 12 local gold funds with assets of 1 [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of gold surged to over a seven-year high in February as demand for safer assets increased amid a market rout triggered by the new coronavirus, the Bank of Korea (BOK) said Wednesday. Outbound shipments of gold for non-monetary use came to some US$290 million in the [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Gold funds in South Korea have posted dismal returns over the past month amid falling gold prices due to the coronavirus scare, data showed Thursday. Local gold funds with assets of 1 billion won (US$796,000) or more registered an average return of minus 12.45 percent over the last one-month [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Gold has posted stellar returns this year, data showed Sunday, as an economic slump, a lengthy Sino-American trade row and other downside risks chilled the stock market and stoked investors’ flight to safety. According to the data compiled by Daishin Securities, the retail price of 1 don of pure [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Uncertainties stemming from the escalating U.S.-China trade dispute and a slowdown in Asia’s fourth-largest economy are changing the way investors here behave, with many apparently rushing to buy what they believe to be safer assets, such as bonds, gold and houses, data showed Monday. Bond prices have skyrocketed to [...]
EDMONTON, Alberta, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Benchmark Metals Inc. (the “Company” or “Benchmark”) (TSX-V: BNCH) (OTCQB: CYRTF) (WKN: A2JM2X) – is pleased to announce drill-hole assays from the infill and shoulder sampling program of historical drill-core at the Lawyers Gold & Silver Project, located in the Golden Triangle region of British Columbia, Canada. Selected [...]
QUÉBEC CITY, Apr. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Komet Resources Inc. is delighted to have generated record gold sales of CA$1,354,000 in the first quarter of 2018, with a production cash cost of CA$1,038,000 for 27.5 kilos of gold from the Guiro mine located in Burkina Faso. This occurs after only two quarters of operation since [...]