Gold is the most important thing for AABGold is by far the biggest commodity risk in Aberdeen's portfolio. If the price of gold is OK then AAB will thrive.
Rather than repeating some grumpy old man theory abotu the value of gold, simply look at the market. Everything else is turning to crap, yet gold found extremely strong buying support in the $780-$800 range.
Eric Sprott's comments on current markets:
https://www.sprott.com/pdf/marketsataglance/08_2008.pdf