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(Kitco News) – Gold prices have given back about half of their moderate gains seen near the opening of futures trading Wednesday morning.

(Kitco News) – The weekly continuation chart for nearby Comex silver futures is a good example of a longer-term price chart that is valuable even for the shorter-term trader.

China’s central bank remains a noted gold buyer, accumulating metal for five months in a row, say analysts with SP Angel and Commerzbank.

(Kitco News) – SEMAFO Inc. (TSX, OMX: SMF) reports that first-quarter net income was $17.7
million, or 5 cents per share, a turnaround from a year-ago net loss of $4.7
million, or a penny.

(Kitco News) – Once again, gold put up a successful fight to hold the $1,280 level for a good part of Tuesday, before gold closed around $1,285.

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(Kitco News) – Safe-haven buying is pushing gold prices moderately higher in early-morning U.S. trading Wednesday.

(Kitco News) – B2Gold Corp. (TSX: BTO, NYSE AMERICAN: BTG, NSX: B2G) late Tuesday reported an adjusted profit for the first quarter, saying that production was higher than the company anticipated, while costs were lower.

(Kitco News) – Barrick Gold Corp. (NYSE: GOLD; TSX: ABX) Wednesday reported a profit during its first quarter of operations since it acquired Randgold Resources Ltd.

(Kitco News) – Kinross Gold Corp. (TSX: K, NYSE: KGC) late Tuesday reported a smaller adjusted profit for the first quarter as revenues were dinged by lower production and gold prices.