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"ATY absolutely has potential for further discoveries at El Roble." (5/10/13) Atico Mining Corp. - The Gold Report Interview with Paul Harris More >
"OLE has the single largest set of deposits in Senegal, a country where gold mining is growing." (5/13/13) Oromin Explorations Ltd. - The Gold Report Interview with Peter Grandich More >
"BRD's Grey Fox continues to return high-grade gold results." (5/9/13) Brigus Gold Corp. - Eric Winmill, Casimir Capital More >
"We currently have a Buy recommendation on PVG." (5/8/13) Pretium Resources Inc. - Ash Guglani, Salman Partners More >
"NGC will solidify its position as having the most advanced and economically robust graphite project out there." (5/8/13) Northern Graphite Corporation - Kiril Mugerman, Industrial Alliance Securities More >
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Erica Rannestad
Erica Rannestad is a commodity analyst at CPM Group. Rannestad covers the precious metals and agricultural softs markets as well as currency markets. She is responsible for building CPM Group's supply and demand statistics for the precious metals Yearbooks and Long-Term Outlook reports. Rannestad is currently most closely monitoring the silver and platinum markets, providing near- and medium-term price forecasts for these metals in CPM Group's Precious Metals Advisory, a monthly publication. Rannestad also often contributes to and supports CPM Group consulting projects and regularly presents CPM Group's market views at conferences and seminars around the world. Rannestad holds a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from Fordham University's Gabelli School of Business.
Recent Interviews
CPM Platinum Market Analysis and Forecast for 2013 (1/8/13) Violent strikes and supply disruptions in South Africa put platinum in the headlines last year, and the metal spent 2012 selling at a discount to gold. Is a platinum discount the new normal? How will the market shift in the labor strike fallout? And will mining asteroids transform supply fundamentals? CPM Group Platinum Analyst Erica Rannestad met with The Metals Report to share her price and cost forecasts for 2013 and discuss the supply and demand trends to watch this year.
Platinum Outlook Remains Volatile: Erica Rannestad (6/25/12) A third round of quantitative easing won't help support platinum and palladium prices, according to Erica Rannestad, platinum group metals specialist with CPM Group in New York. So, what will drive the platinum group metals, which have been suffering from lags in demand and increasing interest from short sellers? Rannestad discusses the outlook for these specialized metals in this exclusive Gold Report interview, including what they have in common with gold.
Recent Quotes
"The largest project coming onstream in 2014 is PTM's Western Bushveld JV project in South Africa." (6/25/12) Platinum Group Metals Ltd. - The Gold Report Interview with Erica Rannestad More >
"CSI's drill results have suggested that the asset is pretty high grade." (6/25/12) Colossus Minerals Inc. - The Gold Report Interview with Erica Rannestad More >
Notable Quotes
"GRG has an exciting high-grade silver discovery and just released an NI-43-101-compliant resource estimate with 105 Moz Ag eq." (5/17/13) Golden Arrow Resources Corp. - The Gold Report Interview with Thibaut Lepouttre More >
"THO's Escobal remains on budget and on schedule; its progress is encouraging." (5/10/13) Tahoe Resources Inc. - Chris Thompson, Raymond James More >
"We reiterate our Outperform rating on P and it remains one of our top picks." (5/10/13) Primero Mining Corp. - Shawn Campbell, Macquarie Capital Markets More >
"DGC is attractively priced and should outperform its peers." (5/10/13) Detour Gold Corp. - Brad Humphrey, Raymond James More >
"Lead, zinc and gold factor heavily into the economics for MAG's Juanicipio silver project." (5/14/13) MAG Silver Corp. - The Metals Report Interview with Brent Cook More >