‘They’re nervous about the US dollar’ - interest in gold needs to spread beyond central banks

The disconnect between gold prices and gold equities are explained by central bank precious metal purchases, said Wheaton Precious Metals CEO Randy Smallwood. On Friday, Smallwood spoke to Kitco Mining. Wheaton Precious Metals is a precious metals streaming company headquartered in Vancouver, B.C. Last week the company released its 4Q and year-end. Gold equivalent ounces produced was 619,608 ounces, nearly the same as the year prior. Gold production was up, but silver fell. Silv...