New Gold Inc. (NGD)

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On November 14, 2016, New Gold fixed the price for 31.7 million pounds (14,400 tonnes) of the company's first half 2017 copper production at $2.52 per pound ($5,552 per tonne) using swaps settling against the monthly LME average price. The swaps cover 5.3 million pounds of copper (2,400 tonnes) per month from January through June 2017.

On October 4, 2016, New Gold announced that the company entered into gold price option contracts covering 120,000 ounces of New Gold's first half 2017 production. New Gold purchased put options with a strike price of $1,300 per ounce covering 120,000 ounces of gold and simultaneously sold call options with a strike price of $1,400 per ounce covering an equivalent 120,000 ounces. In aggregate, the option contracts provide the company a guaranteed floor price of $1,300 per ounce while also providing exposure to further increases in the gold price up to $1,400 per ounce. The contracts will cover 20,000 ounces of gold per month for six months beginning in January 2017. The net cost of entering into the option contracts was less than $1 million.