It would be a good thing if SLR hedged 6-12 months worth of production of gold at $1450/oz. IMO. It wold help calm shareholders a little and help them produce gold at a profit for a while if gold falls lower in the short term. A question about hedging for you guys: Lets say a company had 2 million ounces of gold and they hedged 1 million ounces at $1400/oz and they were producing 1 million ounces per year. And the current price of gold is $1400/oz. Lets say gold falls below and stays below $1400/oz for 6 months.. The company would then have sold 500,000 ounces at $1400/oz, leaving them with 500,000 ounces hedged at $1400/oz and 1 million ounces unhedged. Then gold goes to $1500/oz. Would they still have to sell the next 500,000 ounces for $1400/oz or could they start selling them at market price, leaving the 500,000 hedged ounces for if gold goes lower again?
Never mind.. I think I answered my own question. From the above article: "A hedging gold mine makes private deals with bankers to sell the gold it will mine in the future at a fixed price regardless of whether the actual gold price in the future turns out to be higher or lower than the agreed upon contractual price."