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Gold recovered after tumbling mid week due to a hotter than expected CPI number, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Saturday McCrae and Kitco correspondent Paul Harris recorded Kitco Roundtable.

New Gold announced a big production update this week, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Saturday, McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable with correspondent Paul Harris.

Metals traded lower end of week when jobs data came in stronger than expected, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Saturday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable with Kitco correspondent Paul Harris.

The copper market is setting up nicely and prices for the metal should head higher, noted Kitco correspondent Paul Harris. On Monday Harris, mining audiences manager Michael McCrae and Soar Financial CEO Kai Hoffmann recorded Kitco Roundtable at the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference.

A Chinese miner made a large investment into a Latin American copper developer, noted Kitco correspondent Paul Harris. On Saturday Harris and mining audiences manager Michael McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable.

Gold has had a solid year, overcoming the Fed's higher interest rate regime, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Friday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable.

On Friday gold prices fell on strong job numbers from the U.S., noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Friday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable. Friday was jobs day. The U.S. economy created 199,000 jobs last month, beating expectations. At the same time, the unemployment rate dropped to 3.7%, down from 3.9% in October.

Gold finally hit a record high, and the copper markets had a big supply shock, said mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Friday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable. February gold futures last traded at $2,091.90 an ounce, up more than 4% from last Friday's close. Gold's previous record was at $2,089.20 in August 2020, wrote Kitco editor Neils Christensen.

To end the week gold has spent much of the time trading above $2,000 a ounce, noted mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Friday McCrae recorded Kitco Roundtable.