ASA Gold and Precious Metals Ltd C.ASA

Primary Symbol: ASA

Metals & Mining Industrial Metals & Minerals

ASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited is a non-diversified, closed-end investment company. The Company's investment objective is long-term capital appreciation primarily through investing in companies engaged in the exploration for, development of projects or mining of precious metals and minerals. The Company invests approximately 80% of its total assets in common shares or securities convertible into common shares of companies engaged, directly or indirectly, in the exploration, mining or processing of gold, silver, platinum, diamonds or other precious minerals; held as bullion or other direct forms of gold, silver, platinum or other precious minerals; in instruments representing interests in gold, silver, platinum or other precious minerals, and/or in securities of investment companies, including exchange traded funds, or other securities. The Company’s investment adviser is Merk Investments LLC.

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Post by PUNJABIon Mar 17, 2021 8:03am

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Another possibility is short-covering

Yesterday's buying could be short covering too. We may find out if the short position drops in the month-end short position report. The January short position of 413786 + 795841 = 1 209627 shares was created at an average price of $2.17. If this was the short covering then the short position is breaking even with the borrowing and other commissions

Short positions are reported twice a month. First report as on 15th and end of the month. Usually, the report comes out about 3 days from the report date.

The exchanges need to do a better job of reporting short positions, it should be reported daily. This would make shorting more transparent.

Short Positions for VLNS

Symbol	Report Date	Volume	Change	Shares Issued	% Float
T : VLNS	2021-02-28	1,863,477	-933,645	148,537,184	1.25
T : VLNS	2021-02-15	2,797,122	108,831	148,537,184	1.88
T : VLNS	2021-01-31	2,688,291	792,841	148,537,184	1.81
T : VLNS	2021-01-15	1,895,450	413,786	129,173,184	1.47
T : VLNS	2020-12-31	1,481,664	511,897	128,480,637	1.15
T : VLNS	2020-12-15	969,767	187,025	128,480,637	0.75
T : VLNS	2020-11-30	782,742	380,949	128,608,268	0.61
T : VLNS	2020-11-15	401,793	242,566	128,353,002	0.31
T : VLNS	2020-10-31	159,227	60,064	128,353,002	0.12
T : VLNS	2020-10-15	99,163	-84,280	128,353,002	0.08
T : VLNS	2020-09-30	183,443	74,034	128,347,602	0.14
T : VLNS	2020-09-15	109,409	-135,729	128,347,602	0.09
T : VLNS	2020-08-31	245,138	-11,682	128,047,602	0.19
T : VLNS	2020-08-15	256,820	21,016	128,047,602	0.20
T : VLNS	2020-07-31	235,804	-520,606	128,047,602	0.18
T : VLNS	2020-07-15	756,410	477,660	127,997,602	0.59
T : VLNS	2020-06-30	278,750	138,343	127,997,602	0.22
T : VLNS	2020-06-15	140,407	17,598	127,741,202	0.11
T : VLNS	2020-05-31	122,809	25,187	127,709,952	0.10
T : VLNS	2020-05-15	97,622	-22,985	127,709,952	0.08
T : VLNS	2020-04-30	120,607	-195,318	127,709,952	0.09
T : VLNS	2020-04-15	315,925	315,925	127,709,952	0.25
V : VLNS	2020-03-31	184,087	-467,733	127,709,952	0.14
V : VLNS	2020-03-15	651,820	141,399	127,709,952	0.51
V : VLNS	2020-02-29	510,421	510,421	125,879,520	0.41

House Positions for C:VLNS from 20210101 to 20210129

House	Bought	$Val	Ave	Sold	$Val	Ave	Net	$Net
39 Merrill Lynch	3,027,594	6,533,011	2.158	1,698,098	3,630,019	2.138	1,329,496	-2,902,992
7 TD Sec	4,721,141	10,143,429	2.149	4,056,128	8,880,224	2.189	665,013	-1,263,205
65 Goldman	580,164	1,261,908	2.175	118,873	277,451	2.334	461,291	-984,457
85 Scotia	1,255,217	2,631,243	2.096	994,264	2,186,291	2.199	260,953	-444,952
72 Credit Suisse	268,705	657,574	2.447	22,000	53,622	2.437	246,705	-603,952
88 Credential	343,395	754,624	2.198	187,764	433,784	2.31	155,631	-320,840
80 National Bank	1,050,205	2,304,250	2.194	914,925	2,047,903	2.238	135,280	-256,347
14 ITG	539,562	1,131,576	2.097	415,870	875,712	2.106	123,692	-255,864
17 Integral	68,800	153,742	2.235	0			68,800	-153,742
68 Leede	42,500	82,025	1.93	0			42,500	-82,025
19 Desjardins	219,004	455,728	2.081	183,336	377,770	2.061	35,668	-77,958
57 Interactive	82,620	180,433	2.184	47,927	100,426	2.095	34,693	-80,007
9 BMO Nesbitt	835,401	1,857,148	2.223	802,059	1,868,224	2.329	33,342	11,076
89 Raymond James	330,854	749,331	2.265	304,969	733,450	2.405	25,885	-15,881
55 Velocity	10,000	22,200	2.22	0			10,000	-22,200
74 GMP	52,700	100,124	1.90	47,500	112,054	2.359	5,200	11,930
25 Odlum	4,980	11,778	2.365	1,803	3,238	1.796	3,177	-8,540
76 Industrial Alliance	5,000	10,113	2.023	2,000	5,600	2.80	3,000	-4,513
28 BBS	22,452	44,948	2.002	20,150	44,328	2.20	2,302	-620
22 Fidelity	27,550	61,988	2.25	27,300	48,429	1.774	250	-13,559
36 Latimer	1,910	4,153	2.174	1,803	3,864	2.143	107	-289
200 Acumen	4,300	8,919	2.074	4,200	7,896	1.88	100	-1,023
83 Mackie	3,000	7,235	2.412	3,000	5,970	1.99	0	-1,265
48 Laurentian	1,000	2,580	2.58	1,500	3,936	2.624	-500	1,356
15 UBS	0			500	1,140	2.28	-500	1,140
84 Ind Trading	28,529	60,476	2.12	29,903	65,544	2.192	-1,374	5,068
56 Edward Jones	138	372	2.696	4,000	8,780	2.195	-3,862	8,408
70 Manulife	6,100	11,213	1.838	10,062	23,456	2.331	-3,962	12,243
82 Stifel Nicholas	0			6,150	14,215	2.311	-6,150	14,215
212 Virtu	6,413	14,407	2.247	14,030	30,609	2.182	-7,617	16,202
97 M Partners	10,480	18,348	1.751	23,400	50,278	2.149	-12,920	31,930
2 RBC	2,763,623	5,947,829	2.152	2,781,096	6,010,810	2.161	-17,473	62,981
23 State Street	0			21,618	50,299	2.327	-21,618	50,299
3 AltaCorp	390,400	769,636	1.971	415,300	978,615	2.356	-24,900	208,979
59 PI	108,840	202,984	1.865	139,454	258,843	1.856	-30,614	55,859
143 Pershing	26,143	56,770	2.172	61,527	137,438	2.234	-35,384	80,668
124 Questrade	308,688	683,738	2.215	350,187	795,362	2.271	-41,499	111,624
5 Penson	973,222	2,139,983	2.199	1,015,768	2,247,064	2.212	-42,546	107,081
62 Haywood	60,500	116,158	1.92	122,900	285,766	2.325	-62,400	169,608
79 CIBC	4,160,636	9,076,407	2.181	4,243,806	9,402,013	2.215	-83,170	325,606
73 Cormark	550,600	1,191,873	2.165	675,800	1,465,579	2.169	-125,200	273,706
90 Barclays	0			153,100	305,007	1.992	-153,100	305,007
53 Morgan Stanley	182,555	386,354	2.116	373,634	844,276	2.26	-191,079	457,922
8 Eight	0			230,500	525,688	2.281	-230,500	525,688
33 Canaccord	239,233	505,336	2.112	479,995	970,376	2.022	-240,762	465,040
13 Instinet	564,997	1,222,258	2.163	1,152,378	2,349,995	2.039	-587,381	1,127,737
1 Anonymous	6,041,996	13,431,593	2.223	7,760,570	16,484,452	2.124	-1,718,574	3,052,859
TOTAL	29,921,147	65,005,795	2.173	29,921,147	65,005,796	2.173	0	1