BREAKING NEWS, Goldcorp CEO Jeannes Sees Peak Gold This Year or Next...Miners have reached "peak gold," in which gold production has hit its high as easy-to-mine gold deposits become harder to find, Goldcorp (GG -2.4%) CEO Chuck Jeannes tells WSJ.
Jeannes says a falloff in supply will support the gold price but make mining it even harder and lead to further consolidation in the industry; yet investors are wrong to believe GG is poised to make acquisitions of its own, he says.
Gold production has been on the upswing since the late 1970s, hitting 2,270 metric tons last year, but Jeannes believes that without a dramatic technological advance gold production is unlikely to increase during his career.
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