** Scotiabank raises price target on precious metal miners
on positive gold and silver prices forecast
** Brokerage expects gold prices will continue to be driven
by potential interest rate cuts and the weakening of the U.S.
dollar (USD)
** Says gold prices will also "be supported by global
above-average debt levels, geopolitical risk, and strong central
bank buying"
** If investor caution rises, stock markets drop,
geopolitical tensions escalate, or central banks buy more gold,
these conditions could collectively drive up the price of gold -
brokerage
Brokerage raises PT on following firms:
Company New PT Old PT Upside/Dow
nside to
stock's
last close
Centerra Gold $10 $9 65%
CGAU.N
Dundee Precious C$18 C$16.50 41%
Metals DPM.TO
Equinox Gold Corp C$8.75 C$8.50 14%
EQX.TO
Fortuna Mining $6.75 $6.50 39%
FSM.N
K92 Mining KNT.TO C$10 C$9.50 12%
Lundin Gold LUG.TO C$31.50 C$25.50 1%
downside
MAG Silver Corp $18 $16.50 15%
MAG.A
Pan American Silver $28 $25 25%
Corp PAAS.N
Torex Gold Resources C$37 C$33 25%
TXG.TO
Alamos Gold AGI.N $25 $22 34%
(Reporting by Pooja Menon in Bengaluru)
((Pooja.Menon@thomsonreuters.com;))