What You Will Learn
- A History of Gold.
- A Store of Wealth and a Medium of Exchange
- The Gold Standard
- The Floating-Rate Currencies
- Structure of the Gold Industry.
- The Mining Process
- Milling and Concentrating
- Smelting and Refining
- Casting and Mining
- Gold Demand and Supply.
- Jewellery
- Gold Prices and Jewellery Demand
- Industrial Demand
- New Uses of Gold
- Investment Demand
- Mine Production
- Gold Scrap and Recycling
- Central Bank Sales
- The case for Gold as an Investment
- Gold as a Portfolio Diversifier
- Mutual Funds and ETFs
- Gold as a Hedge Against Currency Weakness
- Gold as an Inflation Hedge
- Gold as a Hedge Against Geopolitical Uncertainty
- Risks and Costs of Investing in Gold
- Gold Market Pricing and Investment Vehicles
- Spot Gold Market Pricing
- Forward Gold Pricing
- Gold Investment Vehicles
- Physical Gold
- Individual Equities
- Mutual Funds and ETFs
- Commodity Futures, Futures Options and Structured Products
- Futures and Futures Options
- Gold-Linked Bonds and Structured Notes
- Precious Metals Mining Company Analysis
- Reserves
- Main Equity Valuation Measures: Pre-Production vs. Producing
- Pre-Production Companies
- Currently Producing Companies
- Net Asset Value
- Equity Valuation Lessons Learned During the New Millenium Precious Metals Bull Market
- Rapidly Escalating Capital and Operating Costs
- Decline in Head Grade
- Operating Cost Definition
| Approximate Hours of Study** | |
|---|---|
| Hours of Study | 3 hours |
| QUIZ FORMAT | |
|---|---|
| Quiz Format | Online |
| Question Format | Multiple Choice |
| Attempts Allowed | Unlimited* |
| Passing Grade | 60%* |
| ENROLMENT PERIOD | |
|---|---|
| Enrolment Period | 6 months |
* IMPORTANT: There is no maximum to the number of quiz attempts permitted, but only the first passing grade (60% or over) will appear on official web transcript.
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