Sequester - A general cut in government spending.

$FB - Up 2.4% from last Friday.   LinkedIn Replaces Facebook as Top Social Tool for Companies.

$ABX -  New 52-week low 29.33. Gold Will Play A Key Role In Emerging Global Monetary Order Seeking Alpha

$NEM - New 52-week low 39.56.  Goldberg promoted to CEO of Colorado-based Newmont Mining Corp. Denver Post  Harbinger news Buenaventura Profit Misses Estimates on Lower Output Bloomberg

$FCX -   Fitch rates Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Rueters

$RIOM - Rio Alto to Produce 190,000-210,000 Ounces of Gold in 2013 Marketwire

$CAT - Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) Is Still Not a Buy Motley Fool

Markets:

30-Year US Treasury Bond - 3.065 down from 3.155 last week. U.S. 10-Year Yields Fall Most in 6 Months on Bernanke Assurances Bloomberg
US Dollar Index - 82.28 up from 81.46 last week. Euro Falls Below $1.30 as Economic Weakness May Spur ECB Moves Bloomberg
Gold - 1,576.8 up from 1,574.3 last week. Western Investors Eyeing Economic Recovery, Weighing on Gold: WGC Kitco News

Copper - 3.4815 down from 3.533 last week. DJ Comex Copper at Three-Month Low as China Factory Growth Slows Trading Charts
Oil - 91.02 down from 93.36 last week. Ruble Drops to Lowest This Year as Crude Oil Slides on China Bloomberg

 

Northern Peru Projects and Exploration:

Sulliden Gold -  C$0.84 down from C$0.86 last week.

Tartisan Resources -  C$0.10 down from C$0.13 last week.

Candente Gold -  C$0.10 down from C$0.12 last week.

New Demensions Resources...Cenpa project on Equador border. See map
Sienna Gold -  C$0.265 up from C$0.255 last week.
Lupaka Gold C$0.35 same as last week.
Igor Project and the Callanquitas Discovery

Privately held companies:

Comarsa... FACEBOOK/COMARSA $FB

Disclosure: I intend to focus on selected gold mines in Northern Peru. This week I have positions in Barrick and Facebook. I prepared this article myself, and linked it to third-party articles and information published on the internet. I am not receiving compensation for this article other than from Google Adsense, my website www.leansupplier.com and the sale of my book The Lean Supplier and Google maps. I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.