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Which Gold Miners Are in Sound Financial Health?

Which Gold Miners Are in Sound Financial Health?

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 second quarter was ~$1 billion compared to $1.9 billion at the end of 2016. The improvement was due to its EBITDA improvement and net debt reduction.