As Goldcorp reported a 48 percent increase in its third-quarter profit on Thursday, CEO Chuck Jeannes spoke to CNBC about the disconnect between prices of the miners and the precious metal.
"It was much easier to put some optionality value in the equities when gold was trading at $300 or $400 or $500 than in it when gold is trading at $1,700," he said on "Fast Money."
"The upside from where we are today is not quite as easy to see as it was back then, so that value has come out of the stocks," the added.
Gold closed at $1,713 an ounce.
A question by Drakon Capital's Guy Adami about a possible return by the United States to the gold monetary standard let Jeannes to reveal what plans the company was making.
"I would likewise put it at a low probability and so it's not something at the company we're taking any action," he said. "The likelihood is probably pretty slim."
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