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The plan to reduce the number of speculators in the market succeeded.
I think gold is going to go up even further from here. Gold stocks could go up another 30-to-40 percent.
Valuations are a little high and the stocks are a little ahead of themselves.
The only surprise would be that the market was probably hoping for a bit more juice, but they didn't get it.
The good news is that profits are now on the rise and this should lead to better share price performance.
It has meant that they've traded at a big discount to the others. People have been suspecting there's something wrong with the company. So there's been some people holding back.
It's just part of the correction. Also, employment numbers were fairly strong in the U.S., which may have relieved a bit of pressure on the U.S. dollar.
We expect this trend to continue and to accelerate in 2006 and 2007.
It's getting close to a certain size where they probably need to address that one.
It looks like the fight is all over.
It looks like the fight is all over. I don't think someone else will come in and disrupt it.
They're in the same general vicinity ... there could be some synergies.