Firstly, we would of course keep a close watch on the precious metals market, more precisely the gold and silver prices on the stock markets. These two rates will in fact exert a direct effect on the profitability of the Yamana Gold Group’s activities.
The capital of the Yamana Gold Company is to a great extent owned by major private shareholders including the following: Van Eck Associates with 13% of the shares, Renaissance Technologies with a 3.31% shareholding, The Vanguard Group owns 2.70%, the Royal Bank of Canada owns 2.54%, Boston Partners Global Investors holds a 2.53% shareholding, BlackRock Asset Management Canada owns 2.07%, Newton Investment Management owns 1.94% of the shares, Arrowstreet Capital holds 1.88%, Capital Research & Management owns 1.53% and Norges Bank Investment Management owns 1.46%.