Looking for exposure to gold during market turmoil? Here are the popular gold stocks to watch in 2022.

Looking for exposure to gold during market turmoil? Here are the best gold stocks to follow in 2022! This list’s performance is calculated on an equally weighted method.

This list has performed -19.62% over the past year. By comparison, S&P/NZX 50 Index is -1.28% over the same period. The beta of this list, which is a measure of volatility, is Moderately Low at 0.98. List Beta is calculated using an equally weighted average beta of the securities within this list.

List performance is calculated using an equal-weight methodology. This list is generated by scanning the web and using our algorithms to surface potentially relevant securities to the topic. The list is intended to be educational and includes securities that may be suitable for a watchlist. It is not intended for investment or trading purposes. Microsoft does not recommend using the data and information provided as the basis for making any investment decision.

FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC.

FCX. Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FCX) is a mining company. The Company operates through geographical assets with proven and probable reserves of copper, gold and molybdenum, and traded copper producer. The Company’s segments include refined copper products, copper in concentrate, gold, molybdenum, oil and other. The Company’s segments include the Morenci, Cerro Verde, Grasberg copper mines, the Rod & Refining operations and the United States (U.S.) Oil and Gas Operations. The Company has organized its operations into five divisions, which include North America copper mines, South America mining, Indonesia mining and Molybdenum mines. The Company’s portfolio of assets includes the Grasberg minerals district in Indonesia, copper and gold deposits, and mining operations in the Americas, including the large-scale Morenci minerals district in North America and the Cerro Verde operation in South America.

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. is -5.79% over the past month and -19.06% over the past year, underperforming the S&P/NZX 50 Index by -6.04% over the past month and -17.77% over the past year.

Franco-Nevada Corporation

FNV. Franco-Nevada Corporation is a Canada-based gold-focused royalty and streaming company with diversified portfolio of cash-flow producing assets. The Company’s business model provides investors with gold price and exploration optionality while limiting exposure to cost inflation. The Company is a debt-free and uses its free cash flow to expand its portfolio and pay dividends. The Company’s diversified assets, primarily comprising its Iron Ore and Energy interests. Its Iron Ore assets include Vale Royalty (iron ore royalty) and LIORC. Its diversified portfolio includes approximately 404 assets covering 63,000 square kilometers. Its Energy assets include Marcellus (1% royalty), Haynesville (various royalty rates), SCOOP/STACK (various royalty rates), Permian Basin (various royalty rates) and Weyburn (NRI, ORR, WI). Its Precious Metal assets include Antamina, Stillwater, Antapaccay, Hemlo, Goldstrike, Candelaria, Detour, Subika (Ahafo), Tasiast, Lake Rebecca, Spring Hill and others.

Franco-Nevada Corp. is +10.05% over the past month and -7.54% over the past year, outperforming the S&P/NZX 50 Index by +9.80% over the past month and -6.26% over the past year.

Eldorado Gold Corporation

EGO. Eldorado Gold Corporation is a Canada-based gold and base metals mining, development, and exploration company. The Company operates two gold mines in Turkey (Kisladag and Efemcukuru) and two polymetallic mines in Greece (Olympias and Stratoni). The Company operates the Lamaque gold mine in Canada. It operates two mines in Greece: Olympias, a gold-silver-lead-zinc mine and Stratoni, a silver-lead-zinc mine. The Company also has two development projects in Greece: Skouries, which is a high-grade gold-copper porphyry deposit and Perama Hill, an epithermal gold-silver deposit. In Romania, the Company is focused on advancing the Certej project. The Company has its mining operations, development projects and exploration operations in Turkey, Canada, Greece and Romania. Its probable reserves are approximately 15.3 million ounces of gold. The Company’s measured and indicated resources are approximately 23.5 million ounces of gold.

Eldorado Gold Corp. is +8.62% over the past month and -7.27% over the past year, outperforming the S&P/NZX 50 Index by +8.37% over the past month and -5.99% over the past year.

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.

WPM. Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. is a Canada-based precious metals streaming company. The Company is primarily engaged in the sale of precious metals, including gold, silver, palladium, and cobalt. The Company operates approximately 34 mining projects. Its production profile is driven by a portfolio of a gold stream on Vale’s Salobo mine, and a silver stream on Newmont’s Penasquito mine. Its Salobo mine (Salobo) is the copper deposit located in Brazil. Salobo is an integrated operation of open pit mining, mineral processing beneficiation, concentrate loading and transportation. Its Penasquito mine is gold, silver mine as well as zinc and lead mine located in Mexico. The Company’s other mining projects include Marmato, Santo Domingo, Fenix, Blackwater, Marathon, Curipamba, Goose, Toroparu, Cotabambas, and Kutcho. The Company has its mining operations in North America, Europe and South America.

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. is +17.45% over the past month and +0.84% over the past year, outperforming the S&P/NZX 50 Index by +17.20% over the past month and +2.12% over the past year.

NEW GOLD INC.

NGD. New Gold Inc. is a Canada-based intermediate gold mining company, which is engaged in the development and operation of mineral properties. The assets of the Company, directly or through its subsidiaries, are comprised of the Rainy River Mine in Canada (Rainy River), the New Afton Mine in Canada (New Afton), and the Cerro San Pedro Mine in Mexico (in reclamation) (Cerro San Pedro). The Company also holds approximately a 5% equity stake in Artemis Gold Inc., and other Canadian-focused investments. The Rainy River is a gold mine located in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, approximately 50 kilometers (km) northwest of Fort Frances, Ontario. The New Afton mine is located approximately 10 km west of Kamloops, approximately 350 km northeast of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Cerro San Pedro Mine is located approximately 20 km northeast of San Luis Potosi, Cerro San Pedro, Mexico.

New Gold Inc. is +22.33% over the past month and -38.04% over the past year, outperforming the S&P/NZX 50 Index by +22.08% over the past month and -36.76% over the past year.