Checking Up on Gold Miners’ Financial Health after Q3
Which Gold Miners Have Shown Upside Potential since Q3? As precious metals prices started weakening, investors shifted their focus from high-leverage miners (GDX) (GDXJ) to low-leverage miners with sound growth plans, leading miners to trim their balance sheets. Newmont Mining’s (NEM) net debt at the end of the third quarter was ~$1.1 billion compared to $1.9 billion at the end of 2016.