** Brokerage Canaccord Genuity raises price targets on
several precious-metals miners to reflect strong commodity
prices GOL/
** Canaccord forecasts all-in-sustaining-costs (AISC)
margins, an industry metric reflecting total expenses, to rise
13% in Q3 compared to Q2 for "senior producers" including
Newmont NEM.N , Barrick Gold ABX.TO , Agnico Eagle Mines
AEM.TO , and Kinross Gold K.TO
** Brokerage raises long-term price forecast for gold to
$2,963/oz from $2,712/oz previously; raises long term silver
price outlook to $35.28/oz vs $33.58/oz previously
** Canaccord notes that gold equities have been closing the
gap with prices of the bullion; since the end of February,
S&P/TSX Global Gold Index .SPTTGD has risen 63%, outperforming
the 34% increase in gold prices XAU=
Brokerage raises PT on the following firms:
Company New PT Old PT Rating
Newmont Corp NEM.N $66 $59 BUY
Barrick Gold ABX.TO C$35 C$33 BUY
Kinross Gold K.TO C$19 C$16.50 BUY
Agnico Eagle Mines C$140 C$125 BUY
AEM.TO
Pan American Silver $32 $28 BUY
PAAS.N
Endeavour Mining C$56 C$53 BUY
EDV.TO
B2Gold BTO.TO C$8 C$7 BUY
Hecla Mining HL.N $8 $7.75 BUY
Coeur Mining CDE.N $9 $7.75 BUY
Silvercorp Metals C$7.50 C$7 BUY
SVM.TO
Alamos Gold AGI.TO C$35 C$29.50 BUY
Lundin Gold LUG.TO C$35 C$30.50 HOLD
(Reporting by Pooja Menon in Bengaluru)
((Pooja.Menon@thomsonreuters.com;))